A 35-year-old notorious criminal, who stole 'Carbine Machine gun' from Indian Reserve Battalion's (IRB) constable's house in Delhi's Shahdara last week ago, has been arrested by the Delhi Police on Friday. Police said the accused is also found involved in more than 12 cases of arms act, Goonda Act, robbery and snatching registered in Delhi and its neighbouring Loni in Uttar Pradesh.
The accused has been identified as Sohan alias, a resident of Khajuri Khas and village Tilla in Loni.
"On August 7, the accused had stolen a Carbine Machine gun from a house in Shahdara's Man Sarovar Park area. A case under section 457/380 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Mansarovar Park police station and investigation was taken up," said Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North East district.
"Aforementioned carbine machine gun was in possession a Constable Kamal Kishor of IRB Patiala in Punjab and he used to keep the above carbine in the house of his father-in-law at Man Sarovar Park," the DCP added.
"During investigation, police received tip-off that a person is trying to sell the standard weapon carbine machine gun. Acting on the tip-off trap was laid and the accused Sohan was arrested from Lal Bagh Mandi in Loni town," said the DCP.
"Police have recovered a carbine machine gun, one magazine and six live cartridges from the possession of Sohan. The accused during interrogation revealed that he and his associate had stolen weapon last week from Man Sarovar Park in Delhi's Shahdara area," said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.