Crime Branch arrests 1 for supplying arms

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Crime Branch arrests 1 for supplying arms

Sunday, 17 March 2019 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

nThe sleuths of Delhi Police Crime Branch have arrested a 62 year-old man, who allegedly used to supply ammunition illegally to gangsters in the national Capital, Punjab and other States. Police have also recovered 2,000 live cartridges from the possession of the accused.

The man identified as Amarlal a resident of Patel Nagar in Abohar, district Fazilka (Punjab) used to sell cartridges to the criminals for `200-250 per cartridge. Police said that the accused had been indulged in this illegal supply of ammunition to the criminals since 2002.

"In the view of recent incidents of use of semi automatic weapons by hardcore criminals, a team of crime branch was directed to trace and apprehend persons who are supplying these arms and ammunition to the criminals of Delhi. The team went to Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to trace and collect the information regarding these arms and ammunition suppliers," said Dr G Ram Gopal Naik, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch.

"Specific inputs were received by the

team regarding Amarlal indulge in supplying ammunition to criminals in Delhi and information was also received that he would be coming to Delhi to supply huge consignment of ammunition following which a trap was laid on March 15 at the Sonia Vihar Pushta road near MCD Khatta and accused was apprehended," said the DCP.

"During interrogation accused disclosed that after he suffered huge loss in the business and due to illness in his family, he started to sell ammunition illegally to criminals. He was also indulged in getting fake arms licenses. He was first arrested by CBI in fake arms license case in year 2002 and later on by local police in arms act cases," said the DCP.

"The accused further disclosed that he used to get the ammunition at a cost of Rs. 125-150 per cartridge from a known gun house owner in Shahbad (Haryana) and further used to sell to the criminals for Rs 200-250 per cartridge," said the DCP.

"A total of 1,000 live cartridges of .32 pistol and 1,000 live cartridges of .315 were recovered from his possession. A case under section 25 of Arms Act has been registered at police station Crime Branch and further investigation is going on," the DCP added.

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