2 criminals held with sophisticated firearms in outer Delhi

Two criminals allegedly having connections with Samunder Khatri and Jitender Gogi gangs, were arrested with sophisticated semi-automatic pistols while travelling in a robbed car in Narela area of outer Delhi, police said today.
A Special Cell team of ACP Pankaj Sood and inspectors Sanjay Nagpal and Prabhat Kumar caught accused Ajay Kumar and Anil Kumar, from Narela Industrial Area while travelling in a robbed car, around 7.45 PM on January 12, DCP(Special Cell) Sanjiv Yadav said.
Two sophisticated semi-automatic pistols and four live cartridges were found on them.
Ajay was arrested for the first time with a country-made pistol in 2007. Since then he has been found involved in 13 cases of murder, car-jackings and robberies, Arms Act, and attacking others, registered in Delhi and Haryana, he said.

"Preliminary interrogation revealed that in 2012, while lodged in jail, he came in contact with Naveen Khatri, a sharp shooter of Samunder Khatri gang, and his brother Nitin Khatri.
"Also, while lodged in Rohini Jail, in 2014, he came in contact with one Gulshan, a member of Jitender Gogi Gang. In July 2016, Gulshan alongwith other members of the gang effected escape of Gogi from police custody while he was being taken for a court appearance in Haryana," the officer said.
Other arrested accused Anil was found involved in a murder of Nihal Vihar resident Sanjiv in 2007. He met Ajay in jail and joined him after both were released, he added.