With the arrest of two criminals, the Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have busted an inter-State syndicate involved in supplying illegal arms and ammunition to criminals in Delhi, NCR and Uttar Pradesh. The accused have been identified as Raja Gautam (24) and Rajesh (25), both residents of district Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Police said that they have also recovered 10 firearms and 100 cartridges from the possession of the duo.
According to Pramod Singh Kushwah, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, specific inputs were received on July 21 that Raja Gautam @ Sonu along with his associate Rajesh would come near bus stand Indraprastha Park, Ring Road in Delhi to deliver the supply of firearms and ammunition to one of his contacts in Delhi.
“Acting on the specific inputs, a trap was laid and duo was nabbed. During cursory checking four semi automatic pistols and six single shot pistols with 100 live cartridges of different bore were recovered from arrested duo. A case under section 25 (sub section 8) of Arms (Amendment) Act 2019 has been registered in Special Cell police station for arms trafficking,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they had received this supply of recovered firearms and cartridges from an arms manufacturer of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. Both accused persons have also disclosed that they have been indulging in the supply of arms in Delhi NCR and adjoining States for the last 3-4 years,” said the DCP.
“The accused used to purchase a semi automatic pistol for Rs. 9000 to 12,000 from MP and further sell it in the range of Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 30,000 to gangsters and criminals in Delhi NCR. They used to purchase a single shot pistol for Rs. 3500 to 4500 and further sell it in the range of 7000 to 8000 in Delhi,” said the DCP.
“Raja along with Rajesh had already supplied more than 400 pistols and 1000 cartridges in Delhi during the last three years. Both the accused persons have been taken on police custody remand and they are being interrogated to unearth their complete syndicate,” the DCP added.
