India, Jan. 24 -- A court in Palwal sentenced two men to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of manufacturing and running a large-scale interstate arms smuggling racket, police said on Friday.

The court of additional sessions judge Tayyab Hussain also imposed an overall fine of Rs.10,000 on the convicts Kot Singh, 38, and Jam Singh, 41, after pronouncing their sentence under section 25(8) of the Arms Act on Thursday.

Police said they were from Barwani in Madhya Pradesh where they were running a massive illegal arms manufacturing factory which was busted by a Palwal police crime branch team in July 2022.

Sanjay Kadian, public relations officer of Palwal police station said the duo was arrested from Dabchik mod at...