The Madhya Pradesh police recently busted an illegal arms factory in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district with the help of a viral video purportedly showing a woman washing pistols with soap.
In the video, which did rounds on social media, a woman wearing a saree can be seen holding a country-made pistol over a vessel and rubbing it with soap and brush to make it shine.
After verifying the video, a police team on Friday night raided a house in the Ganeshpura area - from where the illegal arms unit had been operated for the last six months, the Mahua police station in-charge Pawan Singh told the media, reported PTI.
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The police have seized three country-made pistols, several half-made weapons, and various other equipment and materials from the illegal factory.
Meanwhile, the police also arrested a man-son duo - the woman's husband, Shakti Kapoor Sakhwar, and her father-in-law, Biharlal Sakhwar, for allegedly running the illegal arms factory. The duo were produced before a local court on Saturday which sent Biharilal to jail and his son Shakti to one-day police custody for interrogation, the police said.
{{/usCountry}}Meanwhile, the police also arrested a man-son duo - the woman's husband, Shakti Kapoor Sakhwar, and her father-in-law, Biharlal Sakhwar, for allegedly running the illegal arms factory. The duo were produced before a local court on Saturday which sent Biharilal to jail and his son Shakti to one-day police custody for interrogation, the police said.
{{/usCountry}}The police have also registered a case against the accused under the Arms Act and are investigating the source of the supply of weapons, reported PTI.
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Tihar jail official suspended for brandishing pistol
In another incident on Friday, a Tihar jail official was suspended for misconduct after a purported video showing him dancing at a party while brandishing a pistol surfaced on social media. In the 18-second video clip, Deepak Sharma, posted as assistant superintendent of police at the Mandoli Jail, can be seen swaying to the Bollywood song 'Khalnayak hoon main' at a party hosted by a political leader in east Delhi.
Sharma has been put under suspension and a fact-finding inquiry has been marked to the superintendent of jail number 15 - where he was posted, reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)