Notably, Dhananjay Kulkarni, the accused in the case is the deputy chief of BJP's Dombivali unit, and runs a fashion boutique, Tapasya House of Fashion, in Dombivali. Kulkarni had, reportedly, procured the arms and weapons from Mumbai's Crowford market, Punjab and Rajasthan, reportedly, for selling them. The shop sells all fashion items including cosmetics, however, after procuring these heavy arms' collection, Kulkarni decided to sell these arms, reportedly, worth Rs. 1.86 lakhs, in his own shop.

The Dombivali area of Mumbai got an astonishing news on Wednesday about massive arms seizure by the Kalyan crime branch team from a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker. The police informed that a raid was conducted by the Kalyan crime branch team after getting a tip from their sources. “Following a tip-off, the raid was conducted at Tapasya House of Fashion which sells fashion accessories and cosmetics products,” said a police official, quoted news agency PTI. A massive cache of sharp arms and weapons were recovered by the cops in the raid at the shop owned by BJP’s Dombivali unit deputy president. “Around 170 weapons, including eight air guns, 10 swords, 38 press button knives, 25 choppers, nine kukris, nine guptis (bladed weapon concealed in a wooden case), five knives, three axes and a sickle were recovered from the shop,” briefed a police official on the grand weapon seizure in Dombivali, quoted PTI.

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Notably, Dhananjay Kulkarni, the accused in the case is the deputy chief of BJP’s Dombivali unit, and runs a fashion boutique, Tapasya House of Fashion, in Dombivali. Kulkarni had, reportedly, procured the arms and weapons from Mumbai’s Crowford market, Punjab and Rajasthan, reportedly, for selling them. The shop sells all fashion items including cosmetics, however, after procuring these heavy arms’ collection, Kulkarni decided to sell these arms, reportedly, worth Rs. 1.86 lakhs, in his own shop. Unknown of the fact that police have already got the tip about his plan, he was arrested in the raid conducted by the Kalyan crime branch on Tuesday. Kulkarni, at the time of the raid, did not hold any legal documents for possessing these weapons. He was produced in the local court where he was sent to judicial custody on Tuesday.

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The incident followed strong reaction from the opposition parties and the first to react was Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Raising doubt over these arms used for riots, Jayant Patil, the NCP state president, took a swipe at BJP by calling this as the style in which BJP wishes to rule. “What kind of riots does the BJP want to incite by use of these weapons? If the BJP office bearers possess illegal weapons, there is no need of anti-social elements and terrorists. Looks like their work is done by the BJP office bearers,” Patil was quoted saying by PTI.

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