Computer graduate, accomplice held in Delhi with 1,310 cartridges

New Delhi: A Bachelor in Computer Application and his accomplice, who used to smuggle illegal ammunition to criminals and various gangs in Delhi and the National Capital Region, have been arrested with 1,310 live cartridges, police said here on Saturday.
According to the police, Sandeep Yadav, 25, and Mahipal, 42 — hailing from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh — had been supplying ammunition to various gangs and notorious criminals in Delhi, Haryana, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh for the last three years.
“Sandeep Yadav and Mahipal were arrested on Friday night from Wazirabad area of north Delhi following a tip-off where they had come to hand over 1,310 cartridges to their contacts. Out of the cartridges recovered from them, 950 are of .315 bore and 360 of .32 bore,” Deputy Commissioner of Police P.S. Kushwah said.
“This is one of the biggest recoveries of ammunition this year. Sandeep Yadav holds a Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) degree from a college in Aligarh. During investigation, we came to know that Yadav’s brother operates a gun house in Aligarh,” Kushwah said.
“The accused admitted that they have supplied more than 20,000 cartridges to the criminals of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to date,” the officer added.
IANS