Fake Arms License Racket In Hyderabad Busted By The Police

A task force team of Telangana state has busted a fake arms license racket in Hyderabad. Seven people were reportedly arrested for the same.

The use of fake seals and forged signatures were done by the criminals to prepare fake arms.

C.V. Anand, the Commissioner of Hyderabad City Police, said the arrested crew used false signatures and fake seals in order to prepare fake arms licenses. He further added that as illegal weapons are in vogue and are being used for various purposes, which are suspicious in many ways, it is a huge threat to the security of the city.

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Weapons seized in the matter

30 single bore weapons, 3 double-bore weapons, 1 revolver, 140 rounds, 34 fake weapon license books, 29 unused weapons license books, 9 weapon licenses which were affixed with fake stamps, 6 rubber stamps, and 1 unsigned NOC were seized by the task force of the police.

Arrests made in the illegal arms licensing racket

Seven members of the racket got arrested by the Hyderabad police, which includes the mastermind of the racket, Altaf Hussain, who belongs to the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Fake licenses were used by the gang to procure real weapons.

Charges of cheating, forgery, making counterfeit seals, criminal conspiracy, and illegal possession of arms, have been filed against the accused arrested.

The Hyderabad police have also made an alert to other district collectors and commissioners, to find out about such rackets.

About the mastermind of the arms licensing racket, Altaf Hussain

Altaf Hussain came to the city of Hyderabad, in the year 2013, to earn a livelihood. He joined Grace Management Security Service and later on, he was appointed as a gunman in the SIS cash service in the west Marredpally.

He purchased a double-bore gun by using a fake arms license in Rajouri, by bribing the local magistrate’s office.

The police chief said that as Altaf became familiar with the processes involved in license-making, he ganged up with Hafeezuddin, a stamp vendor in Secunderabad. Both of them started making fake gun licenses by affixing fake seals and indulging in forgery.