38 year old man arrested for supplying illegal arms in Delhi NCR

A 38 year old man was arrested in Delhi NCR for supplying illegal firearms and ammunition to criminals in and around Delhi.

A 38 year old man was arrested in Delhi NCR for supplying illegal firearms and ammunition to criminals in and around Delhi.

Delhi Police arrested the accused, Ashok Kumar and seized five country made pistols along with eight live cartridges. Ashok Kumar is a resident of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

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The case was registered against him at Sangam Vihar police station.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur stated that a special team was formed to curb smuggling of firearms from Uttar Pradesh into Delhi.

“On Friday, we received information that an illegal arms supplier, Ashok Kumar, would come to MB road here near Tughlakabad Fort to deliver a consignment of illegal firearms. Accordingly, our team laid a trap and he was nabbed.”

On interrogation, the accused told the police that he was earlier into farming but after shifting to his uncle’s village, he came in contact of local criminals. He was supplying arms and ammunition in Delhi-NCR for last one year to make a quick money.

On Thursday, he received the consignment of illegal arms and ammunition from another criminal in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh and was supposed to deliver it in Delhi-NCR, the police said.

 

Source: PTI