Noida: The police have kicked off a 15-day drive, ‘Operation Patal’, from Might 15 to test using unlawful weapons within the metropolis.
During the last week, cops have nabbed 21 folks with 20 unlawful arms and greater than 50 cartridges. Of them, 5 individuals, together with an unlawful arms producer, have been arrested with six weapons on Sunday, they stated.
In line with police, Vikki Halder, a resident of New Ashok Nagar in Delhi, was arrested from a home in Noida’s Sector 63 the place he was allegedly operating an unlawful arms manufacturing. His confederate, police stated, was absconding. Halder was arrested with one .12 bore pistol, one .315 bore pistol, two partially-made .312 pistols, 4 barrels of .12 bore pistols and gear which are utilized in making the unlawful weapons, police added.
Shahwaz, a resident of Atta Fatehpur village, was additionally arrested on Sunday after a video of him flaunting an unlawful weapon went viral on social media.
Gautam Budh Nagar police spokesperson inspector Punkaj Kumar instructed TOI that through the 5-day operation cops have been checking all potential places and folks about whom they acquired tip-offs.
“The operation was rolled out following a authorities order. Up to now, 21 folks have been booked beneath varied sections of the Arms Act,” he stated, including that suspicious autos have been additionally being checked and barricades have been put up in a number of areas, particularly at night time, to accentuate the crackdown on unlawful arms peddlers and manufactures.