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  • Illegal guns market in Bihar: New security threats in North East and India

    Published on September 20, 2019

    By Bhupen Goswami

    Guwahati : The National Investigation Agency and Indian Army security sources have claimed massive crackdown on the culprits from 2006 to 2019, when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s government began rapid trials for illegal weapons in the state. “Starvation for buyers in Bihar, illegal arms manufacturers have started firing guns outside the state, In Bihar, illegal arms manufacturers hungry for buyers have started firing guns outside the state,” security sources said. This is a major vicissitudes for Bihar, infamous as the biggest market for illegal weapons. The abundance of illegal weapons in almost all the states of the North East region and across India has become a major cause of concern for the security forces, whereas, the problem may increase as the fund-affected terrorist groups have reportedly started selling their weapons. . Criminal element.Nearly 60 districts in India, including the North Eastern region, have an abundance of illegal weapons in the Naxal-affected region, including Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Although some common criminals are using country-made weapons manufactured in Bihar, most criminal groups, including poachers, are now using sophisticated weapons, which has become a matter of serious concern for security agencies. The issue was discussed in the recent meeting of the Chiefs of Police Forces of the North East States held in Dimapur. It was decided that all police forces in the area would work in a coordinated manner to tackle the problem so that concerted efforts could be initiated to seize illegal weapons. Security sources told The Media persons that almost all militant groups in the North East have an abundance of weapons, mostly small weapons such as AK series rifles and pistols. There were times when he faced a shortage of ammunition, but of late, there is no input from the militants facing such a shortage. In fact, according to reports available with security agencies, most militant groups in the North East have more weapons than the number of cadres trained to handle it. Furthermore, in recent times, most insurgent groups have almost ceased to engage security forces in encounters, and their activities are mostly limited to planting explosives.

    Following the operation by the Myanmar army, members of militant groups were forced to live in the Naga villages of Myanmar, but are not in a position to make the necessary payments as their sources of funds are drying up and people are ready to react There are no extortion demands of ultrasound. Under the circumstances, terrorists are forced to sell some of their weapons to raise money, and instances have occurred where hunters have also succeeded in purchasing weapons from terrorists to kill rhinos.Security sources said that although the terrorist groups deposited their weapons under the ceasefire agreement, no one is sure that they deposited all the weapons.

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