Delhi Police has arrested three illegal arms manufacturers and seized an illegal arms manufacturing unit in loni in Ghaziabad.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Eastern Range, Ravinder Yadav, said the accused has been identified as Kasmuddin (55), Ajay Kumar (41) and Hashim (19). “We recovered 16 sophisticated country-made pistols of different bores (.315, .32, .12 etc), several parts of country-made pistols, machine & tools for running the illegal arms factory,” said the Joint CP.
Delhi Police has launched a special drive against illicit firearms. During interrogation of several accused caught with illegal arms, the intriguing and mysterious Kasmu’s Katta have cropped up.
A special team was constituted to track and bust the unknown Kasmu. A reliable input was received that two notorious illegal arms manufacturers and suppliers of Kasmu’s Katta would come near Kudaghar, Seelampur on a Discover motorcycle and accordingly a trap was laid.
As informed, two persons on a Bajaj discover motorcycle bearing registration came from Seelampur side towards Gokal Puri. A police official signalled them to stop, but they tried to escape by taking U-turn to flee away. The team acted very smartly and apprehended them after a long chase. The police team showed bravery and courage to chase and nab them.
Kasmuddin disclosed that he had learnt the manufacturing of the illegal arms from his brother-in-law Ramzan in Muzaffarnagar.
“He along with Ramzan used to manufacture the illegal fire arms about ten years back. After the death of Ramzan, he shifted to his native village Paldi in UP and re-started manufacturing of the illegal arms but was caught by UP Police about 8 years back.
Three years ago, he came to loni for living in a rented house, where he started a welding shop. Camouflaged behind the wielding shop, he started the manufacturing of illegal firearms,” said Yadav
Presently, he is supplying the arms to accused Ajay and one Kale of Barnava in Uttar Pradesh, who later supply them all over Delhi, NCR and parts of UP, particularly western UP.
As indicated earlier, these quality weapons had been renowned as “Kasmu Ka Katta” in the crime world and are in great demand among criminals.
“After sustained interrogation, another accused namely Hashim was also arrested with one countrymade pistol. Hashim disclosed that he used to buy the country made pistol from Ajay in loni,” said the Joint CP.
They are cheaper than the Munger weapons by almost as good as those from Khargore and Barwani areas of Madhya Pradesh. They are good enough for committing crimes and are therefore cost effective in the sense of good value for money for the criminals.
Moreover, being so near to Delhi makes them accessible and their cost remains low since charges of carriers are not required, who take their commissions.