Delhi Police arrest arms supplier linked to Jahangirpuri violence

On November 5, a squad of the Crime Branch led by Inspector Priyanka nether the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police Sushil Kumar arrested 1 Salman aka Lala with an amerciable firearm connected a tip-off portion helium came to conscionable an subordinate successful Sarai Kale Khan to perpetrate a transgression enactment successful a CNG presumption of the adjacent area. He was antecedently progressive successful six cases of Arms Act, snatching, burglary, and theft crossed Delhi, the constabulary said.

On his instance, the Crime Branch team, connected November 6, arrested Sakil, aka Serni, from Jahangirpuri – 1 of the main suppliers of amerciable arms and ammunition successful the Delhi-NCR portion – portion recovering 12 amerciable country-made pistols.

“He was the main distributor of amerciable arms successful the Jahangirpuri riots that occurred astatine the clip of Hanuman Jayanti. Further, successful 2022, helium had besides opened occurrence connected constabulary unit and was arrested successful that case,” said Bhisham Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), adding that helium had been antecedently progressive successful 17 cases of effort to murder, Arms Act, Snatching, hurt, theft etc., registered successful assorted Police Stations of Delhi.

During questioning, Sakil revealed that helium sourced these amerciable firearms from 1 Zulfikar Ali, a known supplier hailing from UP’s Bulandshahar, the serviceman said. With the assistance of quality and method surveillance, the constabulary subsequently zeroed successful connected Ali and arrested him from Yamuna Vihar successful Delhi connected November 12 portion recovering 3 country-made pistols, 2 blase pistols, ammunition, and weapon-making tools from his possession.

“During questioning, helium revealed that helium has a heavy web successful the Delhi-NCR country and gets regular bully orders for the proviso of amerciable arms. He utilized to assemble, repair, and merchantability amerciable country-made pistols to progressive gangsters successful Delhi. He is besides the main supplier of arms to a wanted criminal, Deepak Furtila of Baghpat successful Uttar Pradesh,” DCP Singh said, adding that Ali provided firearms to the accused Sakil successful immense quantity astatine the clip of the Jahangirpuri violence.