Delhi Police Special Cell has busted an Inter-State gang of illegal weapons racket and apprehended a woman identified as Mobai (45), a resident of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh — a proclaimed offender (PO) who is wanted in several criminal cases. A total of 14 illegal semi-automatic sophisticated pistols of 7.65mm engraved with 'Made in England' and 'Made in USA' and 14 spare magazines have been recovered from the accused.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, PS Kushwah said, “It had come to our cognisance that arms smugglers from MP were supplying firearms in Delhi-NCR and the adjoining regions of Western Uttar Pradesh (UP). Therefore, a team of special cell led by Satendra Mohan under the supervision of ACP Govind Sharma was formed and they were tasked to identify the gang that was active in Delhi-NCR area. The team worked diligently and persistently by employing detectives in and around Delhi NCR, MP and Uttar Pradesh.”
A trap was laid by the team after information was received that the accused would come near Shastri Park red light on Eastern Approach Road between 6 and 7 pm to deliver a huge cache of illegal weapons.
Around 6:30 pm the accused arrived and was carrying a blue and a red bag on her shoulder. She was waiting there for someone and after a span of time when no one turned up and she was about to leave, she was overpowered and apprehended by the accompanying woman staff. When the bags were checked, the weapons were recovered, the DCP added.
During her interrogation, she disclosed her name as Mobai. Earlier she was working as a laborer in fields but her income was not sufficient to fulfill her basic needs. Being unable to make sufficient earnings, she came in contact with arms traffickers of Barwani and Dhar districts in MP. Thereafter, she started supplying illegal arms for local arms traffickers. She used to collect illegal semi-automatic pistols from manufacturer of Dhar and Barwani districts and further supplies them in Delhi, NCR and UP West.
She disclosed that the weapons were collected by her from a manufacturer in Gandhwani of Dhar district in MP and the same were to be supplied to different people in Delhi- NCR and Western UP. She further admitted that she had earlier supplied weapons in Delhi -NCR and UP West on several times in the last fifteen years, Kushwah said.
"A Case under Section 25 of Arms act has been registered. The accused is already involved in two cases of arms smuggling in MP and one in Delhi. Earlier she along with her associate was arrested in New Delhi and nine pistols were recovered but she did not appear before the Court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Patiala House Courts and was declared a PO", the DCP added.
