The special cell of Delhi Police has arrested three inter-State arm suppliers for allegedly procuring firearms and selling them to local thugs in the Capital and NCR. Earlier, it came to know that in most of the cases, illegal weapons used were manufactured and supplied from Munger, Bihar into Delhi and NCR.
Now the investigations revealed that Balwadi district has also come up as a major weapon manufacturing hub from where it is supplied to different parts of the country including Delhi and NCR. A senior police officer said that the accused persons have been identified as Salaam (52), Kalua (57) and Pradeep Mandlik (24).
“On December 3, police received information that a huge consignment of illegal weapons would be supplied in one Santro car in Nand Nagri area. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Inspector Manoj Dixit laid a trap and arrested the accused persons from the spot along with the 22 along with 22 spare magazines,” the officer added.
During interrogation, the accused persons revealed that the gang procured sophisticated semi-automatic weapons from Balwadi district Dhar in Madhya Pradesh and sold them later to criminal elements in the area of Delhi and NCR. “Accused told the police that the weapons were meant for supply to the persons in Kardampuri and Mangol Puri of the Capital,” the officer added.