The number of people booked for carrying arms and ammunition in the Delhi Metro has gone in the last three year. In the first quarter of 2018, the Delhi Police registered 10 cases against people for carrying arms and ammunition in the Delhi Metro.
According to the data accessed by The Pioneer, 17 cases were registered in 2016 (from January 1 till December 31), 20 cases in 2017. In 2018 from January till March, 10 cases have been registered under the Arms Act. Three arms were recovered in 2016, seven arms in 2017 and three arms till March this year.
Senior police officers said most of people booked for carrying arms and ammunition are from the marginal cities of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
"In most of the case where live cartridges are seized from the bags of the people, they claimed that they are unaware of the law which bans possession of arms and ammunition without a licence. Most of the people, who have been caught, claimed that they carry it for their protection. Out of the people caught, 80 per cent belong to the marginal cities of the Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan," said a senior police officer.
In 2016, 33 live cartridges were recovered, while in 2018, from January 1 till March 30, 22 live bullets have been recovered by the CISF.
On March 5 of this year, a 21-year-old man was apprehended at the Botanical Garden Metro station in New Delhi for allegedly carrying two live bullets in his bag, official said.
CISF personnel apprehended R Tiwari, a resident of Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh, after the luggage scanner at the Metro station detected the bullets inside his bag at about 1 pm, said an official
On March 6, The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) held a passenger after they noticed the pistol inside his bag during checking.
"On March 6 during the screening of a baggage through X - BIS machine at Uttam Nagar East Metro station, Constable laxman Rao of CISF noticed an image of a pistol inside a bag.
On March 26, a live round of unknown calibre in the handbag of a passenger namely Carlos Junko, a Spanish national was detected at the Terminal 1 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. On enquiry, he could not produce any valid document. later, Carlos Junko was offloaded and handed over to the Delhi Police. An FIR was registered against him under the relevant Sections of the Arms Act.