An arms supply chain operated allegedly by an inmate from Punjab’s Nabha jail, via which gangsters in Delhi have been provided weapons, was busted after the Delhi Police Particular Cell arrested three members of the racket.
Police mentioned the accused — Aniket, 25, Sourav, 23, and Anand Kumar, 25 — have been arrested for supplying arms procured from Madhya Pradesh and Bihar to Delhi gangsters on the directions of Sonu Paswan, who’s lodged in Nabha Jail.
On March 2, police acquired a tip-off that Aniket can be coming to ITO with a consignment from Indore. A crew led by Inspector Sunil Tewatiya laid a lure close to ITO and arrested the accused. 4 pistols of .32 bore have been recovered from his possession, police mentioned.
Throughout his questioning, police discovered that Aniket was a part of a crew of suppliers. “He admitted he was concerned in smuggling illicit arms over the past yr. He got here in contact with Sonu Paswan, who was from Jharkhand. Sonu advised him he was concerned in smuggling unlawful arms and ammunition from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh to Delhi, Haryana and Punjab for native gangsters,” mentioned DCP (Particular Cell) Amit Kaushik.
Aniket, a category 8 dropout and a former bike mechanic, obtained in contact with Paswan after following him on Instagram. “After that, they began chatting on Instagram and WhatsApp,” the DCP mentioned.
Paswan was arrested 5 months in the past with an arms consignment in Punjab and has been lodged in Nabha Jail since. From jail, police mentioned, he managed to get in contact with Aniket on WhatsApp utilizing a world quantity and directed him to obtain and supply arms.
“On February 28, Aniket went to Indore, the place he acquired 4 pistols from a provider on March 1. He was additionally in contact with Pakistan-based unlawful firearms and ammunitions suppliers via WhatsApp,” DCP Kaushik mentioned.
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Aniket, who procured these weapons at Rs 15,000- Rs 20,000 per piece, was to promote them to Saurav and Anand at Rs 30,000 per piece and had already acquired the cash. Sourav and Anand have been later arrested on March 3.
“For smuggling and supplying unlawful arms, Aniket obtained Rs 5,000 per piece as his share,” DCP Kaushik mentioned.
Sourav, who graduated from Delhi College in 2023, is a former kabbadi participant. In 2022, he obtained concerned in a quarrel with a member of the Naveen Khati gang. “He too got here in contact with Paswan… he acquired unlawful pistols twice from Paswan via Aniket,” the DCP mentioned.
Anand, a resident of Badarpur, got here in contact with native gangsters whereas in college. “In 2021-22, he was lodged in Punjab jail for a yr in a kidnapping case of a lady. After his launch, he got here in contact with Paswan via Instagram,” Kaushik mentioned.
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