Overview
- An FIR was registered on February 14 at Khyala police station under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act after checks found prohibited knives listed on the app.
- Police say accused in two separate Khyala murder cases disclosed during interrogation that the knives used were bought through Blinkit.
- Officers ordered a ‘Stanley’ folding knife on February 13 and measured its blade at 8 cm by 2.5 cm, exceeding the legal limits of 7.62 cm by 1.72 cm cited by government notification.
- Raids recovered 16 knives from multiple dark stores on February 15 and 32 more from a Blinkit warehouse in Farrukhnagar, Gurugram, on February 16, taking seizures to about 50.
- Investigators are tracing procurement and stocking chains and assessing platform and vendor roles, with possible notices to follow, and Blinkit has not issued an immediate comment.