Sunny Sai gang’s arms supplier arrested from Baghpat village

For months, Gurmeet Singh, 27, had managed to stay off the police’s radar, running a secret test-firing facility from a secluded tube well room in Baghpat’s Sarurpur Kalan village.

But on October 26, a Crime Branch team finally caught up with him. Acting on a tip-off, officers raided his hideout and arrested the man believed to be a key supplier of weapons to Delhi-NCR’s most notorious gangs, including the Sunny Sai, Salam Tyagi, and Saddam Gauri groups.

“Gurmeet Singh’s arrest has disrupted the arms supply chain of the Sunny Sai gang and prevented a potential gang confrontation. Interrogation is expected to reveal further links to interstate suppliers and criminal associates,” DCP (Crime Branch) Harsh Indora said.

The police raid uncovered Gurmeet’s firing setup hidden among farmlands, a place he used both as a workshop and a lookout post to detect police movement. Gurmeet, a graduate in business administration, had a long criminal history, including cases of murder, attempt to murder, theft and arms trafficking.

The police said he first entered the illegal arms trade in 2018 and, after a stint in Tihar Jail, joined the Sunny Sai group, supplying country-made weapons to rival groups across Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Following his arrest, Gurmeet’s interrogation led the police to Sumit (27) from Greater Noida, a receiver of weapons and a wanted robber in Rajasthan. Acting on Gurmeet’s information, the Crime Branch team intercepted Sumit in a stolen Ciaz car on Dabri-Gurugram Road near Dwarka. “Sumit was carrying a sophisticated pistol and two live cartridges at the time of arrest,” a senior officer said.

Investigations revealed that Sumit, a former civil defence volunteer in Delhi, turned to crime after his contract ended. He was wanted in a robbery case registered at Murlipura police station in Jaipur West, with a Rs 10,000 cash reward on his arrest. The stolen car recovered from him had also been used in that robbery.

During the operation, the police recovered a cache of firearms, including two sophisticated pistols, five desi kattas, one 12-bore musket, 11 live cartridges and 27 spent shells, all allegedly supplied through Gurmeet’s network.

According to police records, Gurmeet was previously involved in several cases, including a murder case in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

DCP Harsh Indora said Gurmeet’s interrogation was expected to reveal further links between interstate gun suppliers and organised criminal networks operating in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan.