New Delhi: The Delhi Police Intelligention Fusion and Strategic Ops (IFSO) unit has solved the module involved in selling illegal firearms through Facebook and other social media platforms.
The Mastermind of Syndicate, which is included in Rajasthan and is involved in 11 cases, has been arrested.
Hunting for others.
The man who was arrested, Hitesh Singh Thakur aka Langda (38), was a resident of Jodhpur.
He had supplied weapons and ammunition to criminals and even tied with Lawrence Bishnoi Gang, police said.
DCP KPS ​​Malhotra said their investigation revealed the Thakur link in Pakistan and with others through a virtual number on WhatsApp and social media platforms.
“Many of the first timers approached him on Facebook were also cheated,” he added.
Crime appears in the future during the monitoring of social media by IFSO, who pay attention to several profiles / Facebook URLs have shared posts and videos that offer sales of weapons and weapons.
They also display weapons and video videos and ammunition.
The most prominent group in the name Bishnoi.
The alarm bell rang this given the shooting of the Rohini court where Gangster Jitender Gogi was killed.
It triggered fears of retaliation by allies, like Bishnoi.
A pine was registered with IFSO and the team consisting of ACP Raman Lamba, Parvental and other inspectors were formed to investigate this case.
During the investigation, Facebook profiles related to Bishnoi were searched and found that between the list of friends / members, Hitesh Rajput also had a separate profile in the name of Hirpal Singh.
He offered to sell firearms.
“Through the technical supervision and human intelligence, the active profile of Hirpal Singh was identified.
The agreement was hit on Facebook and communication was carried out on various social media platforms.
During communication, weapons videos were distributed by hirpal and advances were stored in a bank account provided by him,” said Malhotra.
A trap was then placed and the suspect was arrested from Manesar in Haryana when he came to receive the remaining amount.
After his arrest, the phone was examined forensically, which resulted in further instructions.
“Thakur is a habit of the perpetrators and has lodged in various prisons from Rajasthan.
While he was underneath, he developed a connection with another criminal.
It was revealed that he used to cheat a lot of beginner criminals and provided weapons for evil criminals or gang members afterwards,” said DCP .
During interrogation, Thakur revealed that he had started his criminal activity in 2010.
His friend and he made theft at a bookstore.
After leaving prison, he began stealing a bicycle and selling it.
In prison, he met a Dacoit, Dhan Singh Pepeproli, and began working for him.