Upping the ante against Flipkart for its questionable means of doing business, the Opposition Congress in Maharashtra on Wednesday demanded the online shopping portal be banned after it was found to be source of purchase of arms in Aurangabad.

Alluding to news reports that the Aurangabad police on Tuesday discovered a large number of weapons were allegedly bought online through Flipkart, leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil of the Congress said the online trading of weapons was both “illegal” and “dangerous”.

“At a time when the situation in riot-hit Aurangabad is returning to normal, it is shocking to learn that weapons are now being openly traded online. The police have seized 28 weapons including swords, choppers, knives, kukris, guptis, etc, which were purchased from Flipkart’s online website. The police have done a great service by discovering the weapons trade on line and averting a possible untoward incident,” Vikhe-Patil said.

“If the weapons are being traded online openly, then it is a dangerous trend. The Government must ban Flipkart for indulging in such illegal and dangerous activities,” the Congress leader said.

Seeking to know as to why the weapons had ordered by a resident in Aurangabad, Vikhe-Patil demanded that the State Government order a comprehensive inquiry into the “shocking discovery” at Aurangabad and the guilty be brought to book.

“There has been marked surge in online shopping in recent years. Over and above, an illegal and dangerous transaction has now come to light.. Why were the weapons ordered online by a resident from AurangabadIJ Are the ordered weapons have anything to do with the recent riotsIJ  We would like to  know as to who are all behind the whole thing. We demand that the state government order an inquiry into the whole thing and bring all the guilty to book,” the leader of the Opposition said.