With the arrest of two men, the Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang of inter-State guns suppliers active in Delhi and its peripherals. Police said they have also recovered four country-made pistols along with 10 cartridges and a scooty, used in delivering the weapons, from the possession of the duo.
The accused have been identified as Sunil (35), a resident of South Delhi's Mehrauli area and Ankit Saini (28), a resident of Uttar Pradesh Aligarh area. Police said the duo used to buy weapons from Aligarh at cheap price and used to sell them in Delhi-NCR at a good price.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South Delhi, on November 11, specific inputs were received that an arms supplier would come near Chirag Delhi flyover, Masjid Mod to deliver arms and ammunition.
"Acting on the specific inputs, a trap was laid and the police team managed to apprehend two persons carrying four country-made pistols and 10 cartridges. Later on, they were identified as Sunil and Ankit Saini. Subsequently, a case under section 25 of Arms Act w2as registered at C R Park police station," said the DCP.
"During interrogation, the accused Ankit Saini disclosed that he used to buy country made pistols from Aligarh at cheap price and further sell them in Delhi at good price through his accomplice Sunil to prospective buyers," said the DCP adding that interrogation and verification for source of supply in Aligarh and buyers in Delhi is in progress.