Journal of Forensic Research

Country Made Firearms Manufactured Using Simple Tools â?? A Brief Overview

Abstract

Niti Ojha*, Pandey NS and Arbind Sinha

In this paper, author has discussed the simple tools which can be used for manufacturing a country made firearm. In a large number of cases, criminals in India are using country made firearms for commission of the crime. This is due to the fact that countries made firearms are cheap, easily available and the identity of the owner can be hidden after committing a crime. This paper is an attempt to make investigating officers aware about the fact that criminals /antisocial element are manufacturing country made firearms- simple katta as well as semi-automatic firearms by using tools which are easily available in the market.