It's been quite a while since criminals prowling the capital threw away their unreliable kattas (homemade firearms) and picked up Munger-made pistols. They have now gone up another notch, as Delhi policemen discovered a few days ago: two laser-guided foreign pistols were found on two of NCR's most-wanted gangsters.
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This is the first instance of the city's underbelly using weapons fitted with laser sights for clinical precision.
Crime branch officers suspect that the two, arrested after an encounter, had bought the weapons -a 9mm Taurus automatic pistol made in Brazil and a .455 bore pistol used by US soldiers -and scores of live cartridges of foreign make from unidentified militants.
The total price of the two pistols is estimated to be around Rs 40 lakh. Even a desi carbine found on Gyanender Gadgu and Rajiv Dahi ya flaunts two magazines with a detachable and extendable butt.
Wanted in 16 cases of murder and extortion, Jhajjar's Gyanender is an Arts graduate. Dahiya had previously been arrested in 19 cases, including that of murder, attempt to murder, robbery , dacoity and arms Act.
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During interrogation, the two revealed that the weapons were transported to them in containers, joint commissioner (crime) Ravindra Yadav said.
Cops collected information from all possible sources and started tracking Gyanender, who had earlier been the second-in-command of the notorious the Kartar Mandhothia gang.He later joined hands with Rajeev Dahiya to make a fool-proof plan to eliminate their rival, Raju Dandu.
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A special team of cops had been raiding several hideouts of the two in Delhi, UP West, Rajasthan and Haryana. But they managed to evade arrest. On June 4, the cops came to know that the gangsters would cross a bridge over Bawana canal in Delhi's Khera Khurd village in a white car.
"Our team immediately swung into action and laid a trap. Two vehicles were deployed and a barricade was erected at strategic positions to block the way to the bridge, JCP Yadav said.
After the car was flagged down, the gangsters tried to reverse and escape, but found their way blocked. Sensing that they had been surrounded, the two men got down and opened fire. They were, however, quickly overpowered.