Delhi Police Special Cell arrested three people and busted a Madhya Pradesh based gang involved in manufacturing and smuggling of sophisticated pistols in various parts of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, said the accused has been identified as Harender Singh (24), Pushpender(29) and Mohit Sharma (30).
The trio have been arrested with possession of 13 sophisticated semi-automatic pistols alongwith 16 magazines and 100 live cartridges. Besides, a Maruti Swift car, which was used in smuggling of the fire-arms consignments, has also been recovered, said DCP Sanjeev Yadav.
Information was received that fire arms are being manufactured in Dhaar District of Madhya Pradesh. It was further revealed that one Harender Singh and his brother Pushpender, who hail from District Aligarh (UP), are the main distributors of these fire arms and actively involved in selling weapons to various criminals and local goons of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan.
The DCP further said that on June 4th, a secret information was received that an infamous gun-runner namely Harender, who hails from Khair, District Aligarh UP, has received a consignment of illegal fire arms from his carrier namely Mohit, who took the said consignment from their Madhya Pradesh based Gun-runner. The specific tip-off further revealed that said Harender along with his elder brother namely Pushpender and his carrier Mohit would further deliver that heap of illegal arms & ammunition to their customer, in the area near Nehru Stadium, New Delhi in the evening and they would travel in their swift car (white colour).
"Based on the information, a police team reached Barapulla flyover. The team spotted the said car moving ahead towards Jawahar lal Nehru Stadium Bus Depot from Sarai Kale Khan side. The driver of the said car was signaled to stop after intercepting the same. But, on the contrary, the driver accelerated the speed.The car was stopped near the starting point of under construction flyover by engaging two other police cars. When police proceeded towards them, the driver of the car immediately put the car in reverse gear and drove off swiftly only to ram into central verge. The team finally managed to overpower the accused and arrested them," said Yadav.