Gurgaon: Two men from Madhya Pradesh were arrested with eight country-made pistols and 16 magazines near GD Goenka University on Sohna-Gurgaon Road on Sunday. Police said the accused were part of an illegal arms supply network operating across Madhya Pradesh and Delhi-NCR and that two major crimes allegedly being planned in Sonipat were averted following the arrests.The accused, identified as Durgesh and Narendra alias Naren, are residents of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh. Police said they had travelled to the city by bus carrying the weapons, which were to be supplied to buyers in Delhi-NCR.DCP (Crime) Nitish Agarwal said the arrests and the busting of the arms supply network helped avert two major crimes that the accused and their associates were allegedly planning to commit in Sonipat. “Our teams will soon nab their associates,” he added.During interrogation, the accused allegedly disclosed that they had been involved in the illegal arms trade for around four years and received a commission of Rs 7,000 for supplying each weapon. Police said the weapons cost more than Rs 50,000 each.ACP (Crime) Indivar said the duo was in contact with a person allegedly involved in manufacturing illegal pistols in Khargone. They had earlier supplied five pistols and 11 magazines to two other accused, Deepak and Rahul, who were arrested on Oct 29.The earlier arrests were made by the Sector 40 crime branch team led by SI Lalit Kumar from Sector 112 in Bajghera. Police had recovered five pistols, 11 magazines and a car from Deepak and Rahul. They were subsequently taken on five-day police remand on Oct 30, during which investigators gathered information about the alleged supply network.With the latest recovery, the total seizure in the case has reached 13 country-made pistols and 27 magazines. Police are now trying to identify the alleged arms manufacturer in Khargone, trace the suspected manufacturing facility and arrest other members of the network.An FIR was registered at Bajghera police station on Oct 29 under relevant sections of the Arms Act. Further investigation is underway.
