KOLAR: Five people have been arrested by the Kamasamudra and Boodikote polic for allegedly illegally manufacturing country-made guns and using them for hunting wild animals. The police have seized the country-made weapons and the manufacturing equipment.
The arrested are Balaji (26), Chandrappa (32), Chandrashekhar (28), Umapathi (29) and Venkatappa (55), residents of Garudakempanahalli village of Bangarapet taluk. Prakash R (31) and Rajachari (65), who were illegally manufacturing guns, were arrested later and sent to judicial custody.
On October 21, the police recieved information that some people were holding illegal guns in the forest area and conspiring to hunt wildlife near Balamande road of Kamasamudra border. Acting on the information, the police seized three country-made guns, gunpowder, lead bullets, empty shells and other materials used for hunting from the accused. A case registered under Arms Act, 1959, at the Kamasamudra police station.
When the arrested accused were intensely interrogated, another network that repairs weapons and illegally manufactures and sells them was unearthed. The police then arrested Prakash R and Rajachari who were illegally manufacturing guns in Palamadugu village. Five gun bodies made of wood, 24 iron single barrel pipes and six iron rods have been seized from Prakash. A separate case was registered in this regard at Boodikote police station.
