Delhi police arrested a 31-year-old junior statistical officer working with the ministry of labour and employment and one in every of his aides for supplying pistols manufactured in ordnance factories to criminals based mostly in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi on faux arms licences.
The weapons have been offered by varied gun outlets to criminals with out verification of arms licences and no report of consumers was maintained, senior officers mentioned.
The arrested authorities officer was recognized as Insar Khan from Baghpat in UP, who was working as a junior statistical officer within the ministry of labour and employment in Delhi. Police recognized Khan’s aide as Paras Chopra, 36, from Karnal, Haryana. He owns a gun store in Karnal.
Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Bhisham Singh mentioned they obtained data on August four {that a} consignment of unlawful arms was being provided from UP to Delhi and can be delivered close to India Gate.
“Primarily based on the knowledge, a raid was carried out at a location on Tilak Marg and a suspect later recognized Insar Khan was held and one 0.32 bore automated pistol made in ordnance manufacturing unit of Kolkata. {A magazine} and 5 reside cartridges have been recovered from Khan,” the DCP mentioned.
Throughout interrogation, the police discovered he labored within the ministry. “Khan mentioned he collected the pistol from Deepak, a legal from Baghpat, UP. He mentioned they purchase automated pistols from a gun home on a faux arms licence. A raid was carried out on the recognized gun home from the place 14 reside cartridges and one journal have been recovered. Khan disclosed the title of his affiliate as Paras Chopra,” police mentioned.
The DCP mentioned Khan joined the federal government job in 2012. “His first posting was at Pune from 2012 to 2015. He was transferred to Delhi in 2015. He was arrested in 2012 in a case of SSC paper dishonest by Lucknow police,” he mentioned.