Overview
- Crime Branch officers arrested Gurmeet Singh, 32, identified as a key supplier, and Sumit, 27, identified as a receiver, with police citing multiple prior cases against Gurmeet.
- An October 26 raid in Baghpat followed a tip-off and led to Gurmeet’s capture at a hideout where he had set up a makeshift test-firing facility.
- From the site, police seized two pistols, five country-made pistols, one musket, 11 live cartridges, 27 spent cartridges and a car.
- Gurmeet is accused of supplying firearms to gangs led by Sunny Sai, Salam Tyagi and Saddam Gauri, with distribution spanning Delhi-NCR and extending into Rajasthan.
- Based on Gurmeet’s disclosure, police intercepted Sumit near Dwarka and recovered a pistol, two live cartridges and a stolen car; he is wanted in a Jaipur robbery with a Rs 10,000 reward as inquiries continue.