Special Cell of Delhi Police has busted a ring of arm smugglers with the arrest of two accused persons, They have also recovered 23 pistols and 50 cartridges which were meant to be supplied to criminals in Delhi and its adjoining areas.
“There was an information about the movement of these arms smugglers. Accordingly Special Cell sleuths launched an operation to net them. Two of the illegal arms peddlers identified as Akshay Adhawade (23) and Chandpasha Seikh (28), both residents of Pune, were arrested from near Shanti Van bus stop on August 24”, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P S Kushwah said.
Adhawade and Seikh had come from Pune to deliver illegal firearms to criminals in the national capital. On checking, 23 sophisticated pistols and 50 live cartridges were found in their bags, Adhawade was arrested in 2017 by the Pune Police in an attempt to murder case. He and his friend Sunny tried to kill one Mukesh to establish their dominance in the area, the officer said, Kushwah said.
During his stint in jail, Adhawade befriended some local gangsters. He came in contact with arm manufacturers of Madhya Pradesh through one Sandeep Pawar and started procuring illegal arms from them, the DCP said.
Initially, he used to supply illegal arms to criminals in Pune. Later, he developed relations with criminals of NCR and started supplying illegal arms to them for a better price, Kushwah said.