ILLEGAL ARMS UNIT BUSTED, FOUR HELD

: Ghoorpur police unearthed an illegal firearms factory and arrested four people involved in manufacturing country made pistols and supplying them in the region there.

SP trans-Yamuna Saurabh Dixit said acting on a tip-off, station house officer (SHO), Ghoorpur, Bhuvnesh Chaubey and his team raided a house at Katra Ubhari village where four people were caught manufacturing illegal firearms.

They were identified as Mohd Akhlaq alias Maulana, Mohd Waseem, Armaan and Shrikant Bind. Two country made firearms, some live cartridges, metal pipes, triggers, iron plates, semi-made pistols along with raw materials in huge quantity were recovered from the spot. SHO Chaubey said Akhlaq was also wanted in connection with firing and assault on a person at a polling booth in Ghoorpur area.