PRAYAGRAJ, May 22 -- Nawabganj police busted a gang involved in manufacturing and supplying illegal firearms on Wednesday. The police have also arrested two members of the gang, along with a large cache of country-made single-shot pistols (katta), ammunition, and tools used in their manufacturing.

An FIR has also been registered against them under the Arms Act and other sections of the IPC, police officials said.

DCP Trans-Ganga, Abhishek Bharti, stated that acting on a tip-off, Nawabganj police, under SHO Dharmendra Dubey, carried out a raid in a deserted building near an intermediate college in the Kuresar area on Wednesday morning. Two persons involved in making firearms were arrested from the spot. They were identified as Anuj Pande...