Ahead of Independence Day, the Delhi Police has busted a syndicate involved in illegal trafficking of ammunition in the national Capital. Police said that they have arrested six people and recovered more than 2,000 cartridges of various brands from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Ajmal Khan, Rashid alias Lallan, Saddam, residents of village Suetha Kalan, District Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Parikshit Negi, a resident of Dehradun, Kamran, a resident of Yamuna Vihar and Nasir, a resident of Roorki, Uttarakhand.
Police said that Nasir and Kamran, used to supply ammunitions to Negi, who also owns a gun house in Dehradun. According to Priyanka Kashyap, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district, on August 6, around 6:30 AM, when patrolling team reached near Competent Motors in East district, they spotted two suspects with a trolley bag going towards parking No.-1.
“On seeing police personnel, they got flustered and changed their way and started moving briskly. However, the police personnel acted swiftly and intercepted them. Being suspicious, the police personnel made a thorough search and found 2,251 cartridges of various types,” she said.
The suspects were immediately apprehended who were identified as Ajmal Khan and Rashid,” said DCP.
“On interrogation, the duo disclosed that they had received this ammunition from a person in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and the same was to be delivered to one person in Lucknow.
The duo also told police that they had already supplied the similar consignment 4-5 times in the past,” said the DCP.
“Police teams were constituted to nab both source and the receiver of the consignment. On the basis of the clues obtained, the police team raided at several places and finally one of the proposed receivers, Saddam was nabbed from village Suetha Kalan, district Jaunur, Uttar Pradesh.
“Simultaneously, another team was sent to Dehradun, Uttarakhand to find the source of the illegal ammunition. Police team nabbed Parikshit Negi, who runs a gun house in Dehradun, Uttarakhand,” said the DCP.
“He was brought to Delhi and on sustained interrogation he further disclosed that he had procured the ammunition from several gun houses in Uttarakhand as well as other sources and after manipulating the records of his gun house, he further supplied the ammunition to the accused persons already arrested,” said the DCP adding that as per the version of Negi, he had already supplied thousands of cartridges to the same syndicate at different places.
“During further investigation, three more members of the syndicate were identified and arrested by the teams. Some more arrests are likely to be made and more ammunition and chain of supply are likely to be exposed,” the DCP added.