A 26-year old man, who took to crimes to earn quick money in order to challenge his ex-wife, who had dumped him, has been arrested by the Delhi Police.
A stolen Audi car and a loaded revolver were also recovered from his possession.
According to senior police officers, it was while working on local criminals, the accused came under police radar. Further intelligence was gathered and the hideouts of the suspect were raided.
DCP, Southwest, Shibesh Singh said on Saturday, information was received that a criminal, Amit Kumar, involved in gambling (satta) activities and previously arrested in an Arms Act cases, is using a stolen Audi car.
“It was intimated that the criminal roams with some sophisticated weapon and will come near DPS School, Matiala Road in Dwarka around 6 pm. The team swiftly acted on the information and a trap was laid following which he was arrested,” the DCP said.
He was driving a black Audi car with registration number HR 26 BE 4852, at the time of arrest, which was stolen. One sophisticated revolver, loaded with two live rounds, was also seized from his possession.
“Kumar is a permanent resident of Jhajjar, Haryana. He got married in 2013 but was divorced from his wife within few months of marriage, due to his poor financial condition. This made him to strive for money and he started getting involved in criminal activities like gambling and land grabbing. He was arrested in 2016 in a case of Arms Act. last year he was also arrested in a land grabbing case when he sold a plot of land, to other person on forged papers, after grabbing it. After coming out of Jail in July 2017, he revived his criminal activities and betting was his favorite as it gave him quick and huge money,” the DCP said.
Kumar had purchased an Audi car on finance in 2013 to have impression in the area. As he incurred heavy losses in gambling, he had sold the Audi in 2016, but retained one Key of the car on pretext of missing it somewhere. “After he was out on bail, he needed a vehicle to revive his activities and so he decided to steal the same Audi car using the key which he had retained. He went to the house of the present owner of the Audi car at one night and stole the car using the same key, police said.