Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested two persons for allegedly manufacturing and supplying arms to criminals in Delhi and its neighboring States. Police have also recovered 52 semi-automatic country made pistols from the possession of the accused. The accused were indulged in manufacturing and supplying arms to criminals for last one decade.
The accused have been identified as Amarikan (25) and Sheetal Singh (22) both residents of a village in Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh. Police said that this is their ancestral profession, probably more than 80 years old, which they continued for livelihood. “Most of the village families are indulged in this illegal trade of manufacturing and supplying of firearms in various parts of country including Delhi,” said a senior police official.
According to Sanjeev Kumar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, on March 31, specific inputs were received that two persons would come to deliver a huge consignment of arms at Delhi’s sector-15 in Rohini following which a trap was laid and the accused were apprehended by the police team.
“During checking of their vehicle a total of 52 semi-automatic country made pistols were recovered. The accused persons were arrested from the spot and a case under appropriate sections of law has been registered at Special Cell police station,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation the accused disclosed that that they are indulged in manufacturing and supplying of illegal firearms for more than 10 years,” said the DCP.
“One of the accused Amarikan disclosed that he himself used to send the consignments of illegal firearms to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra,” said the DCP.
DCP further said that Amarikan and Sheetal Singh have expertise to prepare any weapon including sophisticated pistols which they have learned from their ancestors. “They used to sell these pistols in bulk. The duo used to supply arms to criminals and gangsters of Delhi and adjoining states,” the DCP added.