The Crime Branch team of delhi police has arrested two arms smugglers. One of them is also the mastermind. police have recovered 13 illegal pistols and 2 live cartridges from them. According to the Crime Branch, the arrested accused and mastermind Shakeel is also accused of providing illegal weapons in the riots that took place on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in Jahangirpuri, Delhi.
Both the accused trapped in police trap
One of the two accused arrested by the police is salman alias Lala, against whom a case was registered in prashant vihar police station of delhi in the case of chain snatching. The Crime Branch team arrested salman alias Lala from near Sarai Kale Khan on november 5. The police received information that salman was going to come to Sarai Kale Khan to supply weapons. Based on this information, the police laid a trap and arrested Salman. The police team also recovered a pistol and 2 cartridges from him. When the crime branch team started questioning salman, he revealed that he gets these weapons from Shakeel, a resident of Jahangirpuri, after which the police set a trap and took Shakeel into custody.
Shakeel confessed his crime
When Shakeel, who was arrested by the police, was interrogated, it was found that he is the main supplier of illegal weapons in delhi NCR. police said that 17 cases are registered against Shakeel. These include cases ranging from attempt to murder to possession of illegal weapons, theft and snatching.
Used to buy and sell from other states
The crime branch also came to know during interrogation that Shakeel used to buy illegal pistols from other states and sell them at high prices in delhi and its surrounding areas. Due to Shakeel's network being very large, he keeps getting orders for weapons continuously. Apart from this, Shakeel is also accused of supplying illegal weapons in the riots in Jahangirpuri, delhi and firing on policemen in the year 2022. At present, interrogation of both is going on. The crime branch team is now trying to find out how many weapons Shakeel has supplied so far in delhi NCR and its surrounding areas.
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