A haul of sharp-edged weapons was seized and 9 miscreants were arrested by Hanumanjganj police on Sunday. As many as 648 sharp edged weapons and weapon manufacturing machines and tools were recovered from their possession.
While speaking to the mediapersons Inspector General of Police Sanjay Kumar Jha told that after receiving information regarding the manufacturing of weapons on massive scale police teams were formed and were instructed to search for the miscreants involved in illegal manufacturing of weapons. On Sunday three miscreants on a motorbike were stopped near Agrawal hotel at Chhola road by Police, around 30 sharp edged weapons were recovered from two bags carried by the miscreants.
The miscreants were identified as Sethi Vishwakarma, Bacchu Singh and Deepak. When the three were questioned they accepted their involvement in manufacturing sharp-edged weapons at Shiv Nagar phase - 3 and after confirmation Police force raided the area in which huge amount of sharp edged weapons were recovered.
During the investigation it was found that the accused used to live in the area for the past 12 years and they are manufacturing sieve and other goods of iron. They used to sell these goods for livelihood. Jha denied any information of bulk order or any person who had placed orders for weapons in such a large number and at the same time ruled out the possibility of using the weapons for creating communal tension.
The 9 accused are residents of Chola Mandir area and were identified as Sheti Vishwakarma(19), Bacchu Singh(27), Deepak Vishwakarma(22), Dharam Vishwakarma(20), Ram Singh Vishwakarma(27), Tilak Vishwakarma(25), Badan Singh alias Radhe Vishwakarma(24), Raja Vishwakarma(18) and Jeetendra Daangi(45) .