4 gunrunners arrested in Gurugram, ₹60 lakh worth of pistols seized

Gurugram police did not rule out connections to prominent gangsters and are conducting raids to trace the suppliers of the arms and ammunition

Updated on: Jun 25, 2024, 06:06:06 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Four men were arrested near the government college in Sector 9, Gurugram with a huge cache of arms and ammunition on early Monday, said police, adding that the crime branch team intercepted the suspects, seizing six automatic foreign-manufactured pistols worth about ₹60 lakh, 11 magazines, 102 live cartridges, two mobile phones, and a Hyundai i20 car.

Crime branch officials noted that out of the six pistols, two were manufactured in the United States and one in Austria. (File Photo (Representational Image))

According to police, the suspects were identified as Deepak Kumar, 25, from Kasola Rewari; Nagendra Singh Neemwal, 30, from Sector 8; Sahil Kumar, 21, from Jacobpura in Sector 12; and Dhramender Kumar, 31, from Rojka Meo in Nuh. Investigators revealed that Dhamender and Deepak have criminal records and had previously been jailed for robbery in the city.

Gurugram police’s public relations officer Sandeep Kumar said that the suspects were planning to loot a car in the city. “Their arrest foiled plans to commit major crimes in Gurugram and possibly in other areas of Haryana and Delhi,” he said. Efforts are underway to extract more information from the arrested suspects, the PRO added.

Crime branch officials noted that out of the six pistols, two were manufactured in the United States and one in Austria. “These pistols sell for up to ₹15 lakh each in the international market. The suspects are currently on a five-day police remand for detailed interrogation. The presence of five additional magazines indicates a significant plot, Kumar said.

Gurugram police did not rule out connections to prominent gangsters and are conducting raids to trace the suppliers of the arms and ammunition. The origin of the smuggled arms and ammunition will be clearer once the supplier is apprehended, they said.

A first information report (FIR) has been registered against the four suspects under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Arms Act at Sector 9 police station on Monday.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More