A 26-year-old man, suspected to be an arms supplier, was arrested from Dwarka by the Delhi Police on Saturday. Police said Rahul alias Tunna, a resident of Kadipur village in Gurugram, procured arms from Bihar and supply it to various Delhi-based criminal groups.
According to Anto Alphonse, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dwarka, the anti-snatching team received a tip-off on Thursday that a man supplying arms in Delhi and NCR would come at Bamdoli Chowk, Sector-28, Dwarka, at about 4 pm along with a firearm.
"Subsequently, he was arrested and a loaded country-made pistol was seized from him. During interrogation, Rahul told police that due to financial crisis, he started supplying fire arms to various criminals groups," said the DCP.
"In 2013, he was arrested by the Bihar Police while supplying arms in Shashtri Nagar. After he got bail in the case, he came to Delhi with his family and started supplying arms," the DCP said.
"In 2016, he was arrested by the Delhi Police for possessing a firearm and was also arrested in cases of armed robbery in 2017 and 2018 respectively," said the DCP.
