Key Points
Delhi Police thwart armed criminal plot through intelligence-driven operation
Four suspects arrested with illegal pistols and ammunition
Encounter captured on CCTV, shared on official social media
Criminals planned major crime from Uttar Pradesh
According to officials, on March 1, intelligence sources informed the Badarpur sub-division of Delhi Police about four suspects roaming in a Delhi-number car with illegal weapons.
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Based on information received from intelligence sources, acting swiftly, a team from Sub-Division Badarpur was deployed at Lohiya Pul near Nala Road, Arpan Vihar.
Around 0010 hours, a grey-coloured car approached from Arpan Vihar, which the informer identified as the suspect's vehicle, according to the information received from the police.
When the police team attempted to stop the vehicle, a suspect sitting in the front passenger seat pulled out a pistol. Reacting immediately, police personnel fired at the car's front wheel, successfully immobilising the vehicle. All four suspects were then apprehended, and upon further search, two illegal pistols, two cartridges and a car were recovered.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that the accused had procured the weapons from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. A case under Arms Act has been registered, and all four accused have been arrested.
The criminals were planning to commit a major crime, according to police.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Nishant Nagar alias Nishu (29), a resident of Village Hasanpur, IP Extension Patparganj; Vikki Gujjar (27), a resident of Bhopura, Ghaziabad, working in a dairy farm; Kunal alias Golu (25), a resident of Gazipur Dairy Farm, Delhi, also working in a dairy farm; and Ankur (27), a resident of Gazipur Dairy Farm, Delhi.
