Illegal arms factory unearthed

DEHRA DUN, SEPT. 1. The Uttaranchal police claim to have busted an illegal arms factory near the Jim Corbett National Park and arrested four poachers in this connection.

The arms factory was found at Laldhang area on the fringes of the park on Thursday, the police said. A case under the Wildlife Act has been registered against the poachers.

The Park director, Mr. D. S. Khati, said crude bombs made there were used to kill animals in the park.

Meanwhile, the police are yet to make any breakthrough in the case related to the killing of Deputy Forest Ranger Bipin Chandra Pandey on Tuesday.

The five suspected poachers, involved in the killing of Pandey, also shot and injured three other forest guards.

- PTI

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