This story is from May 17, 2021

Uttar Pradesh: Shooter used Turkey-made pistol to kill dons inside jail

Investigators looking into the sensational shootout inside Chitrakoot jail have found that sharpshooter Anshu Dixit used a 9mm Turkey-made Zigana F pistol to eliminate criminals Muqeem Kala and Merajuddin on Friday morning.
Uttar Pradesh: Shooter used Turkey-made pistol to kill dons inside jail
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LUCKNOW: Investigators looking into the sensational shootout inside Chitrakoot jail have found that sharpshooter Anshu Dixit used a 9mm Turkey-made Zigana F pistol to eliminate criminals Muqeem Kala and Merajuddin on Friday morning.
According to experts, Dixit fired 15 rounds from his Zigana F pistol, manufactured by TSA (Trabzon Silah Sanayi A),), a Turkish firearm manufacturing company.
Police and jail department are investigating how Dixit managed to procure the firearm inside the high-security prison.
A senior officer privy to the investigation said, “Initially, we thought it was a country-made 9mm pistol but when it was sent for examination of ballistic striations, its measurement and steel and chrome body left the experts surprised.”
It surfaced that Dixit fired at least 15 rounds and any country-made pistol, even those manufactured in Munger (Bihar) and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, could not hold so many rounds of fire.
“Wear and tear begins in country-made pistols after 4-5 rounds are fired and cartridges get stuck in the nozzle,” a ballistic expert said.
Dixit’s post-mortem report also did not show any burns on his index finger suggesting that the firearm was safe to use.
SP, Chitrakoot, Ankit Mittal, told TOI that he had come to know that the readings on the pistol suggest that it was imported and added that the matter was being investigated. “Other jail inmates will also be questioned soon,” he added.
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