Illegal firearms factory busted, two arrested

Bareilly | Monday | 1st April, 2019

Summary:

Shahjahanpur: An illegal firearms factory was busted by police in Kanth area of Shahjahanpur district on Saturday. We have interrogated the accused and gathered vital information about the other people dealing in illegal firearms in Shahjahanpur. The police arrested two persons and recovered several countrymade firearms. The accused are professionals and were caught in the past as well.On Saturday night, police in Shahjahanpur received a tip-off from their informer that a person was dealing in the illegal firearms business. The accused were booked under IPC sections 5/25 Arms Act and sent to prison on Sunday.Additional SP (city) Dinesh Tripathi told TOI, “The consignment of illegal firearms was meant to be misused during the upcoming parliamentary elections..