Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted an inter-State gang involved in supplying illegal arms and ammunition of different caliber from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh in Delhi and surrounding areas.
Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, “Two accused men — Deepak Kumar Saha (35) and Sajid (34) — have been arrested and 40 semi-automatic pistols of different caliber have been recovered from their possession. The recovered weapons were manufactured with high proficiency skills and hardly anyone could detect the imitation”, he said.
The gang was operating for the past many years and had supplied more than 300-400 illegal weapons to various gangsters and hardened criminals of Delhi-NCR, the DCP said.
At a time when several incidents of firing took place in Delhi and adjoining regions where illegal weapon were used, Crime Branch team under the supervision of ACP Sanjay Sehrawat found that the illegal fire arms are being smuggled from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh by several gangs.
To apprehend the criminals and to unearth the whole nexus, a team of the Inter State Cell, Crime Branch under the supervision of ACP Sanjay Sehrawat was put on the task to collect the details about these criminals. It was revealed that a gang involving Deepak, Sajjid and their associates is actively involved in smuggling the illegal arms. A careful study regarding the Modus Operandi of this gang was carried out and a close watch as well as surveillance was mounted over the suspected persons, said the DCP.
On April 29, sleuths of Crime Branch found that Deepak Kumar and his associate would come to Anand Vihar by train to deliver the consignment of illegal weapons to a local conduit of a gangster.
Accordingly a trap was laid and Deepak Kumar Saha, a native of Munger in Bihar and Sajid, a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh were apprehended near Round About, in Ghajipur flyover, NH-24
“During sustained interrogation, the accuse revealed that gang headed by Deepak was involved in this illegal trade of weapon for past 11 years and had supplied more than 300-400 sophisticated weapons to various persons including the gangsters of the region,” added the senior police official. Police added that to escape the police dragnet, this gang has adopted a unique modus operandi. Member of the gang would collect the consignment of illegal weapon from their sources in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and would travel in train to their desired destination.