Zee exposes arms trade racket in Nepal

New Delhi: Arms and ammunition business has become a lucrative trade across Indo-Nepal border following an ebb in the law and order situation of Nepal. Taking advantage of this loophole, the illegal trade has become an open field of criminals and terrorists. A Zee News team made an attempt to expose this ongoing racket of flourishing arms business. The Zee team pretending as conmen met a petty criminal Ganesh Thapa who agreed to take them to another agent in Nepal via Gorakhpur border in India. The team had made small enquiries about the trade and the arms base and picked up the common trade language from him.

After reaching Nepal, they met a second man, Illyas, who took them to the kingpin, Bhaijan alias Riyas at the main base at an undisclosed location. When asked about the delivery of the firearms, the kingpin said that they had a very good network of people who can deliver the consignment at one’s doorstep anywhere in India. He also said, “We have enough supply to blast a whole city.” He informed Zee News that the arms are supplied from Pakistan, and they would sell the Kalashnikov rifles for Rs 70,000 (Rs 30,000 less than the market rate). Interestingly, he gave our reporter subsidy for he was from India. The team closed the deal for 10 AK-47, 10 AK-46 rifles, ten 9mm pistols, 40 grenades and 10 kg RDX. The kingpin promised that the consignment would be delivered at the given address. He, however, refused to divulge the details of the mode. Zee News Bureau