Man held with 'bike factory' for making illegal firearms

LUCKNOW: Police arrested a man near Ramgadha jungle in Bakshi Ka Talab on Sunday afternoon for selling illegal firearms. Around four country-made pistols and three half-made pistols were recovered from him. Also, the motorcycle which he used to operate his arms 'factory' was seized by the police.
The arrested man was identified as Suryamohan Tiwari, a resident of Madiaon.
Interestingly, Tiwari was running an arms factory on his motorcycle. He used to keep the equipment necessary for manufacturing illegal arms with him in a gunny bag, which he carried around on his motorcycle.
Explaining Tiwari's modus operandi, station officer, Bakshi Ka Talab, said, suppose an order was given to the accused by someone in Barabanki. Then Tiwari would go to the district where a place was provided to him by the middleman. He would manufacture the illegal arms there and leave the place for another order.
The area of Tiwari's operation was from Bakshi Ka Talab police station area in Lucknow to Barabanki. The police said that Tiwari was running the 'factory' all alone and used to remain in contact with middlemen who used to get him orders.
Apart from illegal arms, three empty shells - two of .315 bore and one of .12 bore - and various other equipment needed for making the illegal arms were recovered from Tiwari's possession. The police have also seized the motorcycle which was used by Tiwari to carry the equipment.
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