Delhi Police seize 55 illegal pistols, arrest four arms traffickers

In a major success against arms traffickers ahead of Independence Day, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has seized 55 illegal pistols, 50 live cartridges apart from a mobile phone and SIM cards and arrested four members of inter-state arms trafficking rackets from different locations.

The accused have been identified as Rajbeer, Dheeraj, Vinod and Dharmendra. Rajbeer, Dheeraj and Vinod are residents of Uttar Pradesh while Dharmendra is a resident of Delhi.

Police said they are key members of inter-state illegal arms supply rackets and were arrested as part of operations against arms traffickers.

One of the arrested accused is a life convict in a kidnapping for ransom case and is on parole at present.

Another accused is a close aide of the notorious Kaushal gang and was wanted in two murder cases in Haryana and Delhi.

Rajbeer and Dhiraj were arrested on August 7 from Burari, followed by Vinod's arrest from Najafgarh on August 9 and Dharmendra's arrest from Dwarka on Friday, the police said.

( With inputs from ANI )

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