2,000 live cartridges recovered in Delhi ahead of Independence Day
The Hindu
Prima facie, It appears to be done through a criminal network. However, police are not ruling out a terror angle.
Six persons have been arrested in connection with smuggling of ammunition in East Delhi ahead of Independence Day, police said on Friday.
The accused have been identified as Ajmal, Rashid, Parikshit, Saddam, Kamran, and Nasir, police said.
A huge quantity of ammunition, including over 2,251 live cartridges, were recovered from the possession of the accused, police said.
On August 6, while the police were patrolling, they spotted two suspects with a trolley bag going towards the parking. On sustained enquiry, it was revealed that they were carrying 2,251 live cartridges including various types of imported ammunition. Police said an auto-rickshaw driver had tipped them about the duo.
The suspects, identified as Ajmal Khan(20) and Rashid alias Lallan(20) were immediately apprehended. Both are residents of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
On sustained interrogation, the accused revealed that they received the ammunition from a person in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and it was going to be delivered to a person in Lucknow (name and other details withheld by police), DCP (east) Priyanka Kashyap said.
The DCP said that the accused persons disclosed that they had already supplied similar such consignment four-five times in the past.
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