Viral video of woman washing pistols leads police to bust illegal arms factory

A viral video of a woman scrubbing firearms helped Madhya Pradesh police in the crackdown on an illicit pistol factory running in Morena district's village. After the video, purportedly showing a woman washing pistols with soap, went viral on social media, police verified it and tracked it down to a house in the Ganeshpura area - from where the illegal arms unit had been operated for the last six months.

A police team on Friday night raided a house and arrested two men-son duo, Mahua police station in-charge Pawan Singh told news agency PTI.

Police also seized three country-made pistols, several half-made weapons, and various other equipment and materials from the factory.