Deputy Commissioner of Police (Yamuna Nagar) Shraddha Pandey said that on Sunday night one Vikas Gupta was detained with illicit fireram from TSL turn.

"On Vikas's identification the police busted the illicit firearm factory operating from a building in Kashi Ram colony on Monday," she said.

She said that five persons including Atul Sonker alias Rishu, Vijay Sonker, Faizan Ahmad, Vikas Gupta and Monu Bharatiya, all residents of Naini, were arrested.

"Illicit firearms along with semi-finished items and cartridges were recovered," she said.

(With UNI Inputs)