Rajasthan's rising role in Delhi's illegal gun market
NEW DELHI, Aug. 21 -- Ditching their traditional suppliers in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, gangsters in Delhi are increasingly sourcing their weapons from Rajasthan - where underground manufacturers in Ajmer, Bharatpur and Alwar are flooding the market with sophisticated country-made pistols, often sweetened with a bonus: fake licences, according to senior police officers.
For decades, illegal firearms in the Capital bore the stamp of Bihar's Munger or western Uttar Pradesh. But police crackdowns have reshaped the black market, Delhi Police officials said. Gunrunners in Delhi are now increasingly turning to Rajasthan, where the trade has expanded quietly in villages tucked away from scrutiny.
Special commissioner of police (crime) Devesh Chandr...
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