Illegal arms factory busted, 3 women arrested

RUDRAPUR:

Bajpur

police has busted an illegal guns factory and arrested three women while three of their accomplices managed to flee. Three semi-finished

pistols

, 60 live

cartridges

and a large number of weapon making equipment have been seized in the operation, senior superintendent of police (US Nagar)

Sadanand Date

said.


The illegal

gun factory

was operating in a house in Ghansara village, the SSP said.

The SSP said that the factory was being run by one Rajab Ali and two of his brothers, Shahrukh and Fayyam, who fled during the raid. “We have arrested Rajab Ali’s wife Parveen and two of her aides, Shaheen and Anjum. Parveen has confessed that the gang was involved in making illegal guns and supplied weapons on demand,” he said.

The three women were booked under relevant sections of the IPC and sent to jail.