With the arrest of three notorious criminals, the Delhi Police has busted an inter-State smuggling racket involved in supplying arms and ammunitions to gangsters and criminals in national Capital and its peripherals. Police have also recovered nine country-made pistols and 26 cartridges from the possession of the accused.
The accused identified as Shahzad Ali (24), a resident of Kunwar Singh Nagar in Delhi's Ranholla area, Gurmeet Singh (25), a resident of Tilak Nagar in Delhi and Yashpal, (38), a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffar Nagar, used to supply arms and ammunitions on stolen vehicles to evade police arrest.
Police have also recovered six stolen bikes and a Wagon R car from the possession of the accused.
According to Dr G Ram Gopal Naik, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, on July 27, specific inputs were received that Shahzad was going to meet an arms supplier to purchase arms and ammunition at a specific point in Dwarka.
"Accordingly, a trap was laid and Shahzad along with Gurmeet was apprehended. On cursory checking police recovered one country made pistol along with one 7.65 mm cartridge of the same bore and two country-made desi kattas along with five cartridges of .315 bore were recovered from the possession of the accused," said the DCP.
"On their instance, third accused Yashpal was also apprehended by the police team. During interrogation, the accused confessed to his involvement in arms dealing as he wanted to earn quick money started smuggling illegal weapons and Delhi- NCR," said the DCP.
"Gurmeet and Shahzad are also found involved in several cases of auto-theft. During interrogation, they disclosed to have bought pistols from Yashpal and further sell it at a higher price to criminals in Delhi-NCR. He also ran AC repairing shop to camouflage his nefarious activities," said the DCP.