This story is from March 8, 2020

Delhi riots’ Munger link: Shahrukh pistol traced to illegal weapon hub

Munger has once again hogged the limelight following the seizure of a 7.65 bore country-made pistol from the house of Mohammad Shahrukh @ Shahrukh Pathan on Saturday.
Delhi riots’ Munger link: Shahrukh pistol traced to illegal weapon hub
Shahrukh pointed the pistol at a policeman during riots on Feb 24
PATNA: Munger has once again hogged the limelight following the seizure of a 7.65 bore country-made pistol from the house of Mohammad Shahrukh @ Shahrukh Pathan on Saturday. He was arrested on Tuesday for pointing the pistol on the police personnel and opening fire during riots in Jaffarabad-Maujpur area of northeast Delhi on February 24. The pistol was made in Munger.

ACP, Delhi Police crime branch, Ajit Kumar Singla said over phone that Shahrukh had purchased weapon from a worker in his factory about two years ago. He used to flaunt the pistol among the people of his locality, Singla added. “The investigating officers are trying to trace the man who had helped Shahrukh in procuring the illegal weapon. His arrest will help the police establish Shahrukh’s connections with illegal arms dealers operating in the national capital and also in Munger district,” he said.
The 7.65 bore pistols made in Munger are in demand across the country for its good quality and low price. DIG, Munger range, Manu Maharaaj said the pistols made in Munger are favourites of sharpshooters or contract killers. He, however, said illegal arms manufacturers of Munger region have of late changed their modus operandi due to mounting police pressure and intensive raids. “Now most of the gun runners in the district are engaged in assembling the parts of the weapon and selling in the market,” he said.
According to police sources, the weapons are being manufactured in Malda and some other parts of West Bengal and subsequently supplied to Munger. Even the workers engaged in illegal gun factories in Munger have shifted to West Bengal where they are paid a hefty sum for their job, a senior police officer said.
If DIG Maharaaj is to be believed, Munger-made weapons — right from deshi katta (country-made), carbine to AK-47 assault rifle — were supplied to Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand. Over a dozen arms dealers from those states have been arrested from Munger in the past, he said.
Notably, more than 20 AK-47 semi-automatic weapons stolen from the central ordnance depot at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh were recovered from Munger district in 2018. The case was later handed over to the NIA for investigation following its wide ramifications and involvement of interstate gangs.
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