The Delhi police have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in the national capital. A suspected a Bangladeshi terrorist was also arrested in Bengaluru ahead of Independence Day celebrations.
As per report, police on Thursday had launched two separate operations and arrested two suspected arms peddlers. Police recovered explosives which included carbines and cartridges. The two accused were identified as Mohammad Azimuddin Sheikh lias Azim, a resident of Malda in West Bengal and Soyyam alias Aas Mohammad, a resident of Shamli in Uttar Pradesh.
The accused were involved in supplying arms to Delhi-based criminals for the last four-five years. Police said that in one operation, a team arrested Azim on August 6 and in another operation, Soyyam was arrested from a village Singhola near GT Karnal road. Twelve sophisticated .32 bore pistols and 19 magazines were recovered from his bag.
Azim along with Akil had come to deliver the huge consignment of illegal firearms to Hazi Kayum in Delhi. A team laid a trap at the vantage points near Tara Chowk, Dheerpur in northwest Delhi. The accused used to procure the weapons at Rs 10,000-15,000 and then sell it for Rs 50,000. The carbines were procured at Rs one to 1.5 lakh each, the officer said.
Azim revealed that he was working with one Akil of Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal. He used to supply consignment of illegal pistols to Akil’s contacts in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana on the directions of Akil.
Kayum was supposed to come to the spot to receive the delivery of the consignment of illegal arms and ammunition. Azim revealed that he had been involved in the illegal arms supplying for the last five years. In order to hoodwink the security agencies, Azim and his associated had de-boarded the train before it reached Delhi, said the officer.
Soyyam revealed that he used to supply the consignment of illegal pistols across the country at the behest of Sarvar, an arms supplier of his village.
With the Independence Day around the corner, the Special Cell has been keeping a tight vigil on the movement of arms suppliers and those with suspected terror links, said a senior police officer, adding that during their vigil, they found the trail of the accused duo.
(With agency inputs)
