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Lucknow Cyber Cell Probes Dubai Link in Malihabad Arms Factory Case

Investigators are extracting communications from a seized laptop to trace funding through call records, revealing a suspected cross-border weapons network.

Illegal arms seized from a house in Malihabad. (Sourced)

Overview

  • Police recovered a cache that included seven pistols and airguns, hundreds of cartridges, semi-manufactured weapon parts and deer skin during the June 26 raid.
  • Investigators discovered a laptop containing call logs with a Dubai number suspected to channel large arms consignments overseas.
  • Cyber Cell is extracting emails, messages and social media logs to identify co-conspirators and trace fund flows.
  • Authorities are seeking custodial remand for Hakeem Salauddin and his nephew to question them on Pakistan and Gulf network links.
  • The workshop was hidden inside a residence near Malihabad police station and staffed by workers from Madhya Pradesh and Bihar posing as tenants.