Three people, including a BTech graduate, were arrested for their alleged involvement in supply of arms and ammunition in Delhi, police said on Tuesday.
The accused have been identified as Rajesh Choube (46) from Madhya Pradesh, Aviral Sharma (35) from Uttar Pradesh and Jitender Singh (42) from Rajasthan, they said.
"On November 28, a tip off regarding a key member of arms supply syndicate, Rajesh was received that he was coming near Sector-18, Metro Station, Rohini to deliver huge consignment of illegal fire arms," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Amit Kaushik said.
A trap was laid and Rajesh was arrested. Five semi-automatic pistols with 200 live cartridges were recovered from him, Kaushik said.
During interrogation, Rajesh disclosed that he had procured illegal arms from local supplier of MP and illegal ammunitions from one Aviral Sharma of Agra in UP. Rajesh was suppose to further supply these arms and ammunition in the areas of Delhi and UP.
"On November 30, on the instance of Rajesh, Aviral was arrested from Agra, UP and 50 live cartridges were recovered from him. During interrogation, Aviral disclosed that he also supplied the ammunition to Jitender in Rajasthan," another officer said.
