A 40-year-old arms supplier has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell and 24 sophisticated illegal pistols have seized from him police said on Thursday. With his arrest, police claimed to have busted an inter-State gunrunner racket.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) PS Kushwah said, “The arrested accused have been identified as Vinod Kumar.”
Sleuths of the Special Cell received a tip-off about a racket being run by Vinod of Shikohabad in Uttar Pradesh, said police, police said. Two months after receiving the input, a team under Inspector Shiv Kumar Yadav received specific information that Vinod will be coming at the Siddhartha Enclave near Ashram Chowk on Wednesday, they added.
“Accordingly, a trap was laid and police nabbed Vinod with 24 sophisticated illegal pistols,” said Kushwah.
Police found that Vinod Kumar used to procure illegal arms from Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh and further supply them to Delhi, Haryana and UP.
Vinod was on his way to Delhi to deliver the consignment of weapons to criminals in Delhi and Western UP when he was arrested, he said.
“During interrogation, Vinod revealed that he used to receive as well as supply of pistols from a man in Madhya Pradesh. To earn quick money, Vinod joined the trade of arms supply 15 years back.
He claimed to have supplied more than 500 pistols to various criminals across India. Vinod also revealed that he purchased a pistol for Rs 10,000 from suppliers and used to sell them at Rs 20,000-Rs 25,000 per pistol,” said Kushwah
The officer said, “Vinod also procured parts of pistol from arms manufacturers and assembled these parts to earn more money.
He was arrested by the UP Police in 2008 also in a case of arms smuggling.”