PATNA, June 24 -- With elections approaching, the fear of use of arms looms large in Bihar. In order to curb this menace, the Bihar police have sprung to action by scanning arms licences, controlling illegal arms, cracking down on manufacturing units of such arms and even reining in illegal possession of live cartridges.

In a latest catch, sleuths of Bihar's Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested six people, including a notorious arms smuggler and two women from two separate places, and seized a huge cache of ammunition from them, officials said.

The joint team of STF, Nalanda and Kaimur police recovered 4,536 live cartridges of different bores, including those used in Self Loading Rifles. This huge recovery is significant because ...