As per the data shared by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) cases registered under Arms Act 1959 increased from 101 in 2017 to 199 in 2021. Police attribute the spike in cases to domestic violence, stress, and easy access to firearms. These findings come at a time when a 27-year-old conservancy worker, identified as Akshay Prakash Bhise was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Chandannagar on August 21. The ...