Dewas police raided an illegal arms manufacturing factory and busted an interstate illegal arms manufacturing and supplying gang; more than two dozen illegal pistols and 12 bores guns were recovered and gang leader was arrested.
Police received information that a person was trying to sell illegal pistol at Karnavad Phata and traced and nabbed a person. On interrogating the arrested person identified as Jitendra Vishwakarma of Barotha.
On search of the arrested person, a country-made pistol and two live rounds in the magazine were found from his possession. On interrogation of the accused regarding illegal arms, Raju was found to have bought illegal weapons and supplied them to other people.
The police team raided the house of Raju, where the entire factory of making illegal weapons was operational where the plants used in the construction, electronic grinder machine, cutter machine, hand fan, chisel hammer, saw and 6 small and big iron barrels, sword, big iron knife and other iron items were confiscated. During interrogation, the accused told to hide illegal firearms in an iron box in the forest near the house.
A total of 24 illegal firearms were seized from the accused and a crime was registered against the accused under the Arms Act at Hatpipalya police station and taken up for investigation. The accused bought illegal firearms like country pistols by buying goods from the local market.