Old, unrelated visuals are being falsely linked to the June 2025 illegal firearms case in Lucknow

Old, unrelated visuals are being falsely linked to the June 2025 illegal firearms case in Lucknow

On 26 June 2025, police busted an illegal arms manufacturing racket in Malihabad, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (here, here, and here). The accused, Hakim Salahuddin, reportedly ran a clinic in Malihabad and was smuggling illegal firearms from his house. Police recovered several guns, cartridges, cash, and a deer skin from his residence. In this context, a photo and video are going viral on social media (here, here, and here), claiming to show 3,000 gu…