Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have arrested four criminals from two separate places in south east district with two country made pistols, three live cartridges, one stolen motorcycle, one stolen TSR and five mobile phones. With their arrest, Delhi Police have solved two cases of Arms Act and one case of motor vehicle theft in the district.
The accused are identified as Aashu, (20) and Vikas, (20), residents of Sunlight colony and Sonu Kumar (22), resident of Devli Khanpur and Sameer Alam (26) resident of Jaitpur.
According to Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), south east district, in view of the rising incidents of use of fire arms by criminals and motorcycle theft in the area, pickets and patrolling in the area were strengthened and intensified.
“On October 25, near Sunlight colony where at around 6:30 pm, two persons riding on a bike were seen coming from ring road side towards Jal board residential quarters and on seeing the patrolling staff the rider tried to take u-turn but the alert and vigil staff chased and apprehended both the persons, Aashu and Vikas,” said the DCP.
“They were asked about the ownership of the bike but they were unable to provide any satisfactory reply. On verification, we found that the bike was stolen from the area of Sunlight Colony. On their search, one country made pistol with a live cartridge was also recovered from the possession of accused Aashu and duo were arrested,” said the DCP.