Over a hundred policemen from Pune city conducted a massive raid on the illegal firearms manufacturers at Umarti, the ‘village of pistols’ in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.

The police destroyed nearly 50 kilns at the weapon manufacturing units and detained nearly 36 persons for investigation into the illegal firearms racket.

Police said a probe into 21 country-made pistols seized from suspects arrested in various cases in Pune city in the Past few days revealed that illegal firearms were being manufactured at Umarti village in MP under the brand name of ‘Umarti Shikilgar Arms (USA).

Known as ‘village of pistols’ in police circles, Umarti shares a border with Maharashtra at the Chopda taluka in Jalgaon district. Not just in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh , but the

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