MINI GUN FACTORY BUSTED

MINI GUN FACTORY BUSTED

24-OCT-ENG 1

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

BUXAR--------------------------In the Vasudeva police station area of ​​the sub-division, illegal weapons were being manufactured under the cover of a furniture-making business. Acting on a tip-off, the police busted this mini-gun factory and arrested two suspects.

In the Vasudeva police station area of ​​the sub-division, illegal weapons were being manufactured under the cover of a furniture-making business. Acting on a tip-off, the police busted this mini-gun factory and arrested two suspects.

During the raid, authorities recovered two country-made pistols (*desi katta*), a single-barrel gun, an unfinished country-made pistol, spent casings, live cartridges, and a large quantity of tools used for manufacturing weapons. This police action has raised several questions regarding the network of illegal arms manufacturing in the area.

Following interrogation and information provided by the suspects, the police raided a house in the Nawanagar police station area, where they arrested Santosh Sharma. According to the police, this location served as the site of the mini-gun factory, where equipment used for manufacturing illegal weapons was seized. The recovered items include two country-made pistols, a single-barrel gun, an unfinished country-made pistol, a spent casing, live cartridges, and 22 grams of *ganja* (cannabis). The police recovered 26 chisels of various sizes, 20 iron rods/tools, components for semi-finished weapons, two trimmers, two hammers, a breech/receiver part for a country-made firearm, a center punch, an iron marking tool, four pairs of pliers, eight pairs of tongs, metal-cutting shears, iron pipes of various sizes, files, hammers, a reamer, an anvil, a square (try-square), a crowbar, an old grinding machine, a forge (bellows-operated furnace), 13 springs of various sizes, and other miscellaneous tools.

SDPO Bhaskar Ranjan stated that, according to preliminary information, the accused had been involved in the illegal manufacture of weapons for the past six to seven months. The police are currently examining their criminal records and investigating the backward and forward linkages related to the supply, purchase, and sale of these weapons. Efforts are underway to identify the recipients of the manufactured weapons and to uncover other individuals involved in this illicit trade. The operation involved the Dumraon police, the Vasudeva police station team, and the District Intelligence Unit. The police stated that the entire network is being investigated, and further action will be taken based on the findings of this inquiry.