Illegal arms factory busted in Bulandshahr, one held

The Uttar Pradesh Police have busted an illegal arms factory in Bulandshahr district One person was held in connection with the matter an official said on Monday reported the PTIA cache of halfbuilt illegal arms and ammunition were also recovered from him the police said as per the PTIAccording to the police Kamil alias Bablu a resident of Kajiwara locality in Khurja police station area was arrested on Sunday night the news agency reportedSuperintendent of Police Rural Rohit Mishra on Monday said that the police had received information that a person was making illegal weaponsOn the basis of the tipoff a house in Abda Nagar was raided from where the accused person was caught operating a factoryHe said that four countrymade pistols of different bores around a dozen halfbuilt pistols and various tools for making these pistols have been recoveredRohit Mishra added that seven cases are registered against the accused and was earlier also sent to jail for running an illegal arms factory according to the PTIMan learns printing as vocational skill in jail starts making fake notes after release heldMeanwhile in an another incident a 35yearold man from Madhya Pradesh diligently learnt printing techniques as a vocational skill in jail only to use them to make fake currency notes after his release an official said on Sunday reported the PTIBhupendra Singh Dhakats return to the world of crime came to light after the police arrested him on Saturday and recovered 95 counterfeit notes each with a face value of Rs 200 the official said as per the PTIBesides a colour printer six ink bottles and paper used to manufacture crisp fake notes were also recovered from his house Sironj Sub Divisional Officer of Police Umesh Tiwari told PTIDhakat has confessed that he had been printing the bogus notes and pumping them into the market in the district for the past few monthsTiwari said Dhakat is involved in 11 criminal cases including murder and had been in and out of jailDuring his last prison stint in the district Dhakat acquired printing skills as part of a vocational training programme designed to assist inmates in reintegrating into society after their release he saidHowever Dhakat turned his newly acquired knowledge into an illegal quickbuck venture he saidThough he had been externed from the limits of Vidisha Rajgarh Raisen Bhopal and Ashok Nagar districts in October 2003 for a year he somehow managed to stay put here and print fake notes a police source saidAccording to Vidisha Jail superintendent Priyadarshan Shrivastava inmates are given offset printing and screen printing training to help them eke out a living after releasewith PTI inputs