Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested Ankit alias Munna, an active member of an inter-state syndicate supplying illegal weapons. Star and Beretta, two state-of-the-art pistols and six cartridges were recovered from his possession. The said weapon and cartridges were to be supplied to some miscreants but before that he was caught after receiving confidential information from the informer. Six previous cases of murder and Arms Act are registered against him.
According to DCP Aditya Gautam, Ankit is a resident of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. During interrogation, he told that due to ongoing family rivalry over land in the village, his two elder brothers had killed his uncle, after which he got involved in criminal activities.
After his recent release from jail, he became an illegal arms supplier and got into the arms business for easy money. He bought illegal weapons from an arms manufacturer named Sonu alias Kale and started supplying them to miscreants in Delhi-NCR. There are six previous cases registered against him in the police stations of Delhi and UP. Beretta (small pistol) is a pistol of the USA. It is the smallest pistol of 20 caliber, which was produced till 1985 in the city of Accoque, Maryland state (colony) of America.
Crime Branch had launched a special campaign against the supply of illegal weapons in Delhi-NCR. Due to continuous intelligence gathering and professional working by the Cyber Cell team, this interstate arms supply network was busted. On January 2, the police team led by ACP Anil Sharma, Inspector Sandeep Singh and Vinay Kumar received information about the arrival of an arms supplier from UP near Shastri Park.
जानकारी पर तुरंत कार्रवाई करते हुए, टीम ने शास्त्री पार्क मेट्रो स्टेशन के पास ऑटो-रिक्शा से पहुंचे अंकित को पुलिस टीम ने काबू कर लिया। Upon search, two sophisticated pistols and six cartridges were recovered from him. A case was registered against him in the Crime Branch under Section 25/54/59 of the Arms Act.
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