Guns were being made under the guise of lock key factory, big action of Bareilly STF
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In the Bhujpura area of Kotwali Nagar police station area in Aligarh, UP, the police caught firearms factory late on Thursday night. Here firearms were being made under the guise of a factory for making keys of locks. This action was taken jointly by Bareilly STF and local police. 19 pistols, one revolver, four semi-finished pistols and equipment for making them have been recovered from the accused. Six people have been arrested from the spot. Of these, one is a landlord, while five are artisans. Police is interrogating the accused. Recently, the police had caught arms factories in Khair and Gandhipark police station areas. After this, information was being received about making firearms in other places of the district as well. In this sequence, on Thursday, along with the STF of Bareilly, the local police raided the house of Anjum Hussain, a resident of Babri Mandi in Bhujpura of Kotwali Nagar police station area. Here the work of making the key of the lock was being done, while illegal weapons were being made on the upper floor. From here the police took 19 guns (315 bore), one revolver (32 bore), four half-made guns and made them. The goods have been recovered. Apart from the landlord, apart from Anjum Hussain, artisan Sahil, resident of Alambagh of Civil Line area, Shahroj resident of Gadinur of police station Kayamganj in Farrukhabad, Dharamveer Singh and Anoop Kumar resident of Bania Dahra of police station Jaithra, Etah, Dharamvir Singh and Anoop Kumar, residents of Bada village of police station Jaithra in Etah. Brown has been taken into custody. SP City Kuldeep Singh Gunawat said that 19 pistols have been recovered. Six people are being taken into custody and interrogated.