This is an archive article published on August 11, 2024
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Video of woman washing pistols with soap leads to arms factory bust in Madhya Pradesh
The arrested were identified as Shakti Kapoor Sakhwar and his father Biharilal Sakhwar. They were allegedly running the illegal arms factory, police said.
During the searches, police found a double-barrel gun of 315 bore, a pistol of 315 bore, a pistol of 32 bore, and several incomplete weapons. (Screenshot from the viral video)
The Madhya Pradesh police said they busted an illegal arms factory in Morena district after a video showing a woman washing pistols with soap started doing the rounds on social media. The woman’s husband and his father were arrested.
After they verified the authenticity of the video, police said they searched a house in Ganeshpura area on Friday night, and found that an illegal arms manufacturing unit was being operated from there for the last six months.
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During the searches, police found a double-barrel gun of 315 bore, a pistol of 315 bore, a pistol of 32 bore, and several incomplete weapons. They also seized materials and tools used to make these illegal weapons.
Police said they were interrogating the suspects to find out where the illegal weapons were distributed.
A senior police officer said, “We got to know about a video of a woman who was cleaning some country-made pistols. Then, we found out the accused was from Ganeshpura village and that her husband was involved in the business of making country-made pistols. During the raid, the woman’s husband and father-in-law were arrested as they tried to flee. Three country-made pistols, several half-made weapons, and various other equipment and materials were seized from the factory.”
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The arrested were identified as Shakti Kapoor Sakhwar and his father Biharilal Sakhwar. They were allegedly running the illegal arms factory, the officer said.
Police have registered a case against the accused under the Arms Act and are investigating where weapons were being supplied, he said.
On Saturday, the accused were produced before a local court which sent Biharilal Sakhwar to jail and his son to one-day police custody for questioning.
During the searches, police found a double-barrel gun of 315 bore, a pistol of 315 bore, a pistol of 32 bore, and several incomplete weapons. (Screenshot from the viral video) 
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