A 29-year-old man, a notorious arms supplier carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell.
PS Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said, “The arrested accused, identified as Shripal Singh was nabbed from the Sarai Kale Khan area.” Acting on a tip off, a special cell team intercepted accused Shripal Singh (29), who was in Delhi to meet his associates, near the Barapulla flyover and 20 live cartridges of .32 bore were found on him.
The officer said that in November 2016, the Special Cell had arrested Mahipal and Sandeep Yadav, and seized a big cache of cartridges from them. During their interrogation, the duo named Prempal and Shripal as the “main suppliers” of ammunition to criminals operating in Delhi NCR.
While in January, Prempal was arrested along with an associate, identified as Netrapal. However, Shripal was still at large and subsequently a reward on any information leading to his arrest was announced by the commissioner of Delhi Police, the officer said. It was revealed that Shripal had managed to dodge the police so far by continuously changing hideouts, the DCP added.