The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a 58-year-old man allegedly involved in supplying arms and ammunition to criminals and Naxalites.
The accused has been identified as Ram Krishna Singh alias Master, a resident of Bhojpur in Bihar.
According to Pramod Singh Kushwah, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, the accused Ram Krishna Singh was arrested from Delhi's Nizamuddin area on Wednesday.
“Post Covid this year, Singh revived his chain of gangsters and criminals and since June, he has sold over 300 cartridges and 10 pistols to criminals of Delhi/NCR. He has been previously involved in allegedly trafficking arms and supplying them to criminals in Bihar, Delhi and NCR besides to Naxalites in Odisha and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra,” said the DCP.
“On Wednesday, we received information that Singh would come to the road towards Gurudwara Damdama Sahib opposite Sunder Nursery Parking, Nizamuddin, along with five pistols of .32 bore and 200 live cartridges to deliver it to criminals based in Delhi and NCR,” said the DCP.
“Accordingly, a trap was laid and in the evening, our team spotted Singh coming towards the spot and they immediately surrounded him and apprehended him with a bag containing pistols and cartridges,” said the DCP.
“Singh has further revealed that he purchases a pistol of .32 bore at a lower rate and further sold it to criminals of Delhi/NCR at a higher rate,” said the DCP.
“He procured illicit cartridges from one of his contacts based in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh and the sold it to criminals of Delhi/NCR. Further investigation is on to identify all the forward and backward linkages of this arms and ammunition network," the DCP said.
In 2018, Singh was nabbed by Delhi Police's Special Cell along with 407 live cartridges and it was during his stay in Tihar jail that he developed contacts with gangsters and criminals and as per their demand, he started supplying arms and ammunition to criminals based in Delhi/NCR, said the DCP.
Singh, who is a B.Com graduate used to teach in private schools of Bihar after he came in contact with a criminal of his area in 2015, he joined him in trafficking of arms and ammunition to make easy money. Initially, he kept his network in Bihar but due to high demand from criminals and Naxalites of various States, he extended his realm up to Odisha, Maharashtra and other States including Delhi/NCR.