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Coimbatore: Man held for making country-made guns

Acting on a tip, a team of ATS sleuths zeroed in on A Vijayakumar (40), from Sittilingi village in Dharmapuri on Wednesday

DTNEXT Bureau

COIMBATORE: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) sleuths from Coimbatore caught a man from Dharmapuri for making country-made guns and selling them for Rs 20,000.

Acting on a tip, a team of ATS sleuths zeroed in on A Vijayakumar (40), from Sittilingi village in Dharmapuri on Wednesday.

“After a search, the cops seized two country-made guns, with one in a loaded condition in the tin-roofed shed of his house. There were also other materials to make country-made guns,” the police said.

During inquiries, Vijayakumar confessed to having made country-made guns and selling them.

The ATS officers handed him over to the Kottapatti police, who registered a case under the Indian Arms Act, 1959, and remanded him in judicial custody.

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