A suspected member of fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal's gang obtained a firearm licence and used it to purchase 400 rounds from an ammunition factory in Pune, prompting the police to launch a probe into it, an official said.

The police arrested the gangster's aide, Ajay Saravade, on Monday for his alleged role in an incident that occurred in the Kothrud area of Maharashtra's Pune city a few months back, in which alleged members of the Ghaywal gang shot at a man.

Ghaywal has fled the country and is currently suspected to be in the UK.

''Saravade was arrested along with another accomplice of Ghaywal from Karnataka. During the house search of Saravade in Kothrud, 400 rounds, both used and unused, were found,'' Deputy Commissioner of Police (zone 3) Sambhaji Kadam said on Wednesday.

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