Arms supplier arrested with 10 country-made pistols, 15 cartridges

New Delhi, October 20

Crime Branch has arrested here Mohabat Ali, resident of UP and an arms supplier, with 10 country-made pistols and 15 cartridges.

As per Additional Commissioner Dr Ajit Singla (crime), this gang was operating for the last couple of years and was supplying illegal weapons to various gangsters of Delhi-NCR.

While analysing these cases, it was found that the illegal fire arms being used were being smuggled from Uttar Pradesh into Delhi-NCR by several gangs, he said.

On collecting details of these criminals, the Crime Branch found that a gang involving Ali, Mulla Raees and others were actively involved in the gun running business, he said.

On October 14, acting on an information that Ali would be coming near railway bridge of Bhairon Marg, Pragati Maidan here to deliver the consignment of illegal weapons to a local conduit of a gangster, a trap was laid at the spot. At about 5.15 PM, Ali was apprehended and two country-made pistols .315 bore and two cartridges were recovered from his possession. Later, eight more country-made pistols .315 bore and 13 cartridges were recovered from his hideout at Meerut (UP), he said.

He disclosed that a gang headed by Raees was involved in this illegal weapons, he said.

According to Dr Singla, “To escape the police dragnet, the gang members used to take due precautions while communicating with each other over mobile phones. They often use pre-decided code words for deciding type of weapon, number of rounds and place of delivery. ‘Pen’ is used for 9 mm (bada pen) and 7.65 mm (chota pen) pistols while ‘pencil’ is used for .315 bore pistols. The word ‘sikka’ was used to denote rounds”. — TNS