Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Former Congress Corporator Anwar Qadri Arrested In Firearm Case
In a city called Indore, in India, the police caught a man named Anwar Qadri.
He used to be a member of the city council for a political group called Congress.
The police had been looking for him for a long time.
They wanted him because he is accused of bringing a gun into someone's home and hurting the person who lived there.
That person's name is Javed Khan.
People are allowed to have guns only if they have a special paper called a licence.
The police think Anwar's licence was not real and was made using false information.
Anwar has been in trouble with the police many times before — 27 times!
Because of all this, he lost his job on the city council.
Now the police will keep investigating and the law will decide what happens next.
Indore police arrested former Congress corporator Anwar Qadri alias Dacoit, wanted in a case of illegal possession of a firearm.
He is accused of forcibly entering Javed Khan's house with a licensed gun and assaulting him; the case was registered in February 2025.
The firearm was allegedly obtained using a fake arms licence claimed to have been issued in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.
Qadri has 27 criminal cases registered against him, including assault, rioting, robbery, murder and attempt to murder, and faced preventive action under the National Security Act.
He was previously booked by Banganga Police Station in a 'love jihad' case and was disqualified as corporator by the Divisional Commissioner.
- Who
- Anwar Qadri, former Congress corporator from Ward 58 in Indore
- What
- Arrested on charges of illegal firearm possession and assaulting Javed Khan with a licensed gun
- When
- Case registered in February 2025; arrested on Thursday after several months on the run
- Where
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Why
- Accused of forcibly entering Javed Khan's home with a gun and assaulting him; the weapon was allegedly obtained using a fake arms licence claimed to be issued in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir
- Accused
- Anwar Qadri alias Dacoit
- Former role
- Congress corporator, Ward 58, Indore
- Arresting station
- Sadar Bazar Police Station
- Case registered
- February 2025
- Alleged victim
- Javed Khan
- Total criminal cases
- 27
- Alleged firearm licence
- Fake, claimed to be issued in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir
- Prior action
- Preventive action under NSA; booked in 'love jihad' case; disqualified by Divisional Commissioner