Uttar Pradesh police launch crackdown on unlawful arms forward of polls
2 min readBarely a month forward of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections, the Muzaffarnagar police have unearthed unlawful arms manufacturing and seized an enormous cache of arms and ammunition. Three accused, together with one Sarfaraz, a resident of Kidwainagar, Shahid, a resident of Khalapar, and Rajesh have been arrested throughout the raid.
“पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश एवं उत्तराखण्ड में अवैध असलाह बनाने एवं बेचने वाला गिरोह गिरफ्तार” #Muzaffarnagarpolice
“131 अवैध असलाह, कारतूस व उपकरण बरामद, 03 अभियुक्त गिरफ्तार”
थाना कोतवाली नगर पुलिस द्वारा 03 अभियुक्तगण को गिरफ्तार किया गया। pic.twitter.com/tM74YJuYTH
— MUZAFFARNAGAR POLICE (@muzafarnagarpol) January 21, 2022
SSP Abhishek Yadav stated that weapons had been being made within the mango orchard close to the Badkali village, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The seized arms included no less than 131 pistols and weapons of assorted bores and numerous different firearms and weapons.
According to the police, the accused revealed that they deliberate to promote the illicit weapons stash to the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Punjab.
Shalabh Mani Tripathi, the knowledge adviser to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, shared two movies whereby the police displayed the large cache of unlawful weapons seized throughout the raid.
पश्चिम UP में चुनावी हिंसा फैलाने के लिए असलहे बना रहे सरफराज़ और शाहिद समेत तीन बदमाश मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर में गिरफ़्तार, अवैध हथियारों का बड़ा ज़ख़ीरा बरामद !! pic.twitter.com/4JO5NHhbaW
— Shalabh Mani Tripathi (@shalabhmani) January 21, 2022
It is value noting that the Uttar Pradesh police have busted a number of such unlawful arms manufacturing rackets in the previous few days.
Only yesterday, the Muzaffarnagar police shared data of the same raid via its official Twitter deal with. During the raid, the Police recovered 5 315 bore pistols, two 12 bore pistols, six reside cartridges, six semi-finished weapons, six 12 bore barrels, eight 315 bore barrels, one drill machine, one welding machine, ten-meter cable and many others.
“अवैध शस्त्र फैक्ट्री जब्त, भारी मात्रा में बने-अधबने अवैध शस्त्र व उपकरण बरामद”
थाना छपार, मुजफ्फरनगर
01 शस्त्र तस्कर अभियुक्त गिरफ्तार
थाना छपार पुलिस द्वारा बरला बसेडा रोड पर बन्द पडे प्लान्ट मे अवैध शस्त्र फैक्ट्री को जब्त करते हुए 01 अभियुक्त को गिरफ्तार किया गया। pic.twitter.com/GhzgqUeqC3
— MUZAFFARNAGAR POLICE (@muzafarnagarpol) January 20, 2022
The main accused, Tamrez, was apprehended by the Chhapar police in Muzaffarnagar, based on police. He was understanding of a manufacturing facility on Barla-Baseda Road that had been closed for a very long time. Tamrez, who had been beforehand jailed for severe crimes like homicide, theft and unlawful arms possession had been dodging the police for very lengthy, stated the police.
Similarly, on January 13, the Mathura police apprehended 6 accused specifically Mubba, Arif, Ansaar, Shahnavaj, Kanjar and Bholi, all residents of Mathura, for working an unlawful arms manufacturing unit in a village falling below the bounds of the Kosikalan police station. At least 25 country-made pistols and firearms of assorted bores, in addition to over 50 cartridges of assorted bores, had been seized throughout the raid.
On the identical day, in a special raid, eleven pistols, three muskets, one revolver, 13 barrels and different parts of firearms had been recovered from a dilapidated constructing close to a canal bridge below Shahpur police station limits within the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
In this case, too, one particular person, Noor Mohammad, was detained, and through his interrogation, he confessed that the unlawful arms had been being made to be used within the state’s upcoming meeting elections.
The Uttar Pradesh police have launched an anti-arms-smuggling operation to make sure a free and honest election within the state. Muzaffarnagar goes to ballot within the first section on March 10.
