Illegal weapons seizure lowers crime graph in MP's Bhind

The drive to check use of illegal weapons and the arrest of smugglers has resulted in lowering crime graph in Bhind region, which is infamous for criminal activities, police said.
"Since last six months, we have seized 433 illegal weapons and 1,454 cartridges which has resulted in reducing incidents of crimes like murder, attempt to murder and dacoity," Bhind Superintendent of Police Navneet Bhasin told PTI.
Revealing figures of seizure of illegal weapons in the last three years, the SP said 134 weapons and 234 cartridges were seized in 2013, 166 weapons and 232 cartridges in 2014, 269 weapons and 387 cartridges in 2015, and in the last six months this year, 433 weapons and 1,454 cartridges were seized.

So far, police have managed to arrest six smugglers of illegal weapons and more will be nabbed soon, he said.
Comparing figures of crime in first six months of 2016 with that of the entire 2014 and 2015 period, there appears to be sharp decline in cases of murder, attempt to murder and abduction, he said.
The arrested smugglers revealed that they brought these guns, pistols and cartridges easily from Firozabad, Mainpuri and Etawah towns of Uttar Pradesh and from Barwani and Sendhwa towns of Madhya Pradesh, he said.

The smugglers were also procuring them from Maanhad village in the district which is known for making of such weapons since pre-independence period, the SP said.

An arrested smuggler, Deepak, told police during interrogation that these days, orders for supplying weapons were received on phone and the payment being made in advance via bank accounts.
The services of courier boys are taken to deliver weapons at the desired place, Bhasin said.
A locally made pistol fetches Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 in the market, he said.
Bhind Collector T Ilayaraja stated besides the operation to seize illegal weapons, even cases of mass copying too were effectively checked in the district.