The Gautam Budh Nagar police arrested an alleged arms smuggler in Greater Noida’s Ecotech-1 space following a short gunfight on Tuesday, police mentioned.
In accordance with police, the suspect had beforehand been concerned in stealing a licensed gun from a safety guard at a petroleum pump in the Kasna space of the district again in 2017. Moreover, he was recognized to provide arms to gangsters, police mentioned.
Ashok Kumar, extra deputy commissioner of police for Greater Noida, recognized the suspect as Rahul alias Leelu, a resident of village Imaliaka beneath the Ecotech-1 police station limits in Gautam Budh Nagar.
“On Tuesday, primarily based on native intelligence and knowledge from police informers, the suspect was noticed using a two-wheeler in Section-2 of Greater Noida by police personnel. When pursued, he fired on the police get together. In response, the police returned fireplace, injuring the suspect in the leg and subsequently apprehending him. The police seized six country-made pistols and 15 dwell cartridges from the suspect,” mentioned the ADCP.
Moreover, the suspect was recognized to provide stolen arms from the Mewat area of Haryana to Manoj Aase, an alleged gangster from Greater Noida, who’s at the moment serving in jail.
“In 2017, the suspect had robbed the licensed gun from a safety guard deployed at a petroleum pump in the Kasna space of the district. Greater than half a dozen circumstances of theft and gangster act have been registered in opposition to the suspect, and his additional felony historical past is being ascertained,” mentioned Kumar.
The suspect was booked beneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code and Arms Act and produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace earlier than being despatched to judicial custody, he added.