Bengaluru police step up hunt for illegal firearms networks

Bengaluru police are intensifying efforts to curb the easy availability of illegal firearms and the networks supplying them. The police are investigating a suspected property dispute and contract killing in Whitefield, focusing on how the assailants procured the weapon. Senior police officers noted that country-made weapons are readily available in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, making interstate coordination difficult. City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh stated that police will intensify tenant verification and screening to dismantle these illegal arms networks.