The Ghaziabad police on Friday arrested a criminal and recovered 21 country made pistols from his possession. The criminal, after his arrest, reportedly told the police that he was taking the pistols to supply to various people ahead of municipal elections in Ghaziabad.
The police said during vehicular checking programme at National Highway-24 under Vijay Nagar police station area, the police noticed a suspicious person.
During questioning, the accused identified as Mohamed Kausar, could not give satisfactory answers to the police team which led the police to his search his car.
The team was shocked when it found 21 country made pistols from a black colored polythene bag. 15 pistols were of .325 bore, 1 pistol was of .32 bore while 15 pistols were of .12 bore weapons.
During sustained interrogation Kausar, a resident of Barala village near Kairana under district Shamli of Uttar Pradesh revealed that in view of local municipal elections he was ordered to supply the weapons. So he was going to supply them to his customers whose addresses were to arrive on phone.
“ After detailed interrogation, a team of police officers have been assigned to bust the entire chain, from manufacturer to end buyer” said Akash Tomar SP City Ghaziabad.