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Kingpin of illegal arms racket held
The police said the accused, Salman, a resident of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, was carrying a reward of Rs1 lakh on his head.
New Delhi: The Delhi police’s special cell has arrested a 26-year-old man, kingpin of an interstate racket supplying illegal firearms to criminals in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh,
The police said the accused, Salman, a resident of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, was carrying a reward of Rs1 lakh on his head.
Salman’s arrest could be made following the arrest of two arms suppliers — Kailash, 35, and Maal Singh, 37, residents of Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. They had disclosed about Salman’s illegal arms and ammunition trade in Delhi and adjoining states.
Twenty automatic pistols and 100 cartridges were recovered from his possession.
The police said that these weapons are primarily being procured from the arms manufacturers based in Dhar, Burhanpur and Khargone districts of MP and Munger district of Bihar.
“On interrogation, Salman told the police that after he left studies, he joined a gang of arms suppliers and used to purchase sophisticated firearms and ammunition from Khargone and Dhar districts of Madhya Pradesh,” the police said.
