A 60-year-old man and his son were nabbed near the gate of the Union Carbide factory for selling rifles modified from air guns and recovered 15 such guns from their possession, said DIG Raman Singh Sikarwar while speaking with the media persons on Sunday.
Acting on a tip off regarding selling of rifles by gun repair mechanics, the shop was raided and two accused were nabbed with rifles which were modified from air gun and used to sell them at higher price from the purchase price. Accused were identified as Imamuddin (60) and his son Mohammad Asif (32) of Tilajamalpura. The accused were nabbed who were on their way to sell rifles in a gunny bag to a customer and when they were nabbed they tried to escape by claiming that they have air guns air pistols but when they were detained and questioned and the guns were checked it was confirmed that the air guns have been modified into rifles. The two were working for the past 20-22 years and they used to collect air gun and after modifying the air gun to rifle they would sell the rifle in different villages on demand. The rifles would fetch four times more than the purchase price.
In the initial investigation the accused confessed that the earning was low in repair work due to which they started to modify the air gun and air pistols to .22 rifle and when they found that the demand for the modified guns was good they started to modify the guns and would earn good money.
They used to purchase air guns at `30,000 to `4000 and after modifying they would be sold it for `8000 to `10,000.