THESE PISTOLS WERE TO BE SUPPLIED TO THE CRIMINALS IN DELHI AND GANGSTERS OF JAGGU BHAGWANPURIA GANG IN PUNJAB AND CRIMINALS IN DELJHI, • PISTOLS WERE PROCURED FROM A SENDHWA-BASED FIREARMS MANUFACTURER. • MANISH PANDEY @ SHIVAM IS AN ACTIVE BC OF PS ACHALDA, AURAIYA, UP.
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Team of Special Cell/SR led by ACP Sh. Attar Singh, Inspr. Shiv Kumar and Inspr. Jitender under the supervision of Sh. Alok Kumar, DCP has busted an inter-state illegal firearms syndicate by arresting two key members of the syndicate. The arrested arms traffickers are (1) Manish Pandey @ Shivam (Age 26 Years) s/o Jagdish Narain Pandey r/o Auraiya, UP and (2) Inderjit Singh (Age 25 years) s/o Late Sukhjinder Singh r/o Distt. Tarn Taaran, Punjab.
10 pistols (7 pistols of .32 bore and 03 single shot pistols) with 10 live cartridges have been recovered from them. The recovered pistols were procured by the accused Manish Pandey from a Sendhwa (MP)-based firearms manufacturer and supplier. These pistols were to be supplied to the criminals in Delhi and gangsters of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang in Punjab.
There was information with Special Cell/SR that gangsters and hardcore criminals of Delhi/NCR and Punjab have been procuring sophisticated firearms from MP-based arms suppliers. This information was further developed and efforts were made to identify these arms traffickers.(SUBHEAD)
On 26.04.2023, specific information was received that Manish Pandey @ Shivam, a resident of Auraiya, UP had procured a consignment of pistols from Sendhwa, MP. It was also informed that he was on his way to Delhi to meet one of his contacts opposite Millennium Park at Outer Ring Road between 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm on 26.04.2023.
Accordingly, a police team led by Inspr. Shiv Kumar was immediately constituted and a trap was laid at the given spot. Manish Pandey @ Shivam was spotted carrying a bag in his hand near Millennium Park at about 5.30 pm. He was surrounded and overpowered by the members of the police team and on his search, 5 pistols of .32 bore, 02 single shot pistols of .12 bore and 10 live cartridges were recovered. A case under appropriate sections of Arms Act was registered at PS Special Cell in this regard.
Mr. H.G.S. Dhaliwal, Spl. Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, sad on interrogation of accused, it was revealed that these recovered pistols were to be supplied in Delhi and to one Inderjit Singh of Punjab on the directions of gangster Pradeep Singh @ Pinder, an active member of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang. The accused also disclosed that Inderjit Singh would come to Noida in the morning of 29.04.2023 to exchange 3 pistols which were earlier supplied to him by himself as these pistols were not as per the desired specifications and quality. Consequently, a team along with Manish Pandey was sent to Noida to apprehend Inderjit Singh.
Inderjeet was arrested on 29.04.2023 near bus stand of Sector 34, Noida at the instance of Manish. On search, two semi-automatic of .32 bore and one single shot pistol of .315 bore were recovered from his possession.
BACKGROUND & CRIMINAL HISTORY
Both the arrested persons have been thoroughly interrogated and the accused Manish Pandey disclosed that he had received the consignment of recovered pistols from a firearms manufacturer and supplier of Sendhwa, MP. He has also disclosed that he was to supply the pistols to the gangsters and hardened criminals of Delhi/NCR and Punjab.
(MOREPIC2) It has also come to notice that Manish Pandey has been supplying arms/ammunition for last 7 years and has already supplied more than 200 pistols to the criminals of Delhi and Punjab. He is the history-sheeter of PS Achalda, Auraiya, UP and is previously involved in more than 10 criminal cases of arms trafficking, robbery, dacoity, kidnapping, attempt to murder, assault, gambling act etc. in Delhi and UP.
The other accused Inderjit Singh has divulged that he has been supplying arms and narcotic drugs in Punjab for 5 years. He came in contact of gangster Pradeep Singh @ Pinder when he was in jail. Pradeep Singh @ Pinder had remained in jail for many years in a case of narcotic drugs and would run his arms and drug syndicate from jail in association with gangster Jagdeep @ Jaggu Bhagwanpuria.
Further interrogation of both the accused persons is underway to identify other members of the syndicate and to establish the forward and backward linkages of the case.
