Barsana, 2018.03.31 (VT): In an interstate operation, Delhi Police swooped down on a notorious village near Barsana for illegal activities on Friday. It came as a major crackdown as the police had never dared to enter this village bordering Rajasthan.
Many people of this village have been implicated in highway robberies, vehicle theft and other criminal activities. The village, situated 22 km away from Nandgaon, is a place where patronage is given to criminals by villagers.
Police have made several attempts to catch the criminals and break the crime rings, but, until now have been unsuccessful. Agra officer, Satish Parihar was killed in an encounter and Mathura officer Sultan Singh recently suffered bullet wounds when police surrounded gang members at their hideout.
Villagers were involved in a scheme to sell fake gold in the year 2000 and, more recently, the names of several villagers have been implicated in the manufacturing of illegal firearms. People are afraid to go to the village and the high incidence of crime is damaging Hindu-Muslim relations as the village is predominantly Muslim.
The raid on Friday failed to apprehend the suspects or locate the firearms storehouse that police expected to find. It is suspected that information about the police raid was leaked, which helped the suspects to flee before the police arrived.
The raids were conducted after Delhi Special Cell officers arrested Khajan Singh of Nagala Jagrurupa village. Police found 15 pistols and ammunition in Singh’s possession. Delhi Special Cell Officer, Pavan Kumar said that police extracted information from Singh about the firearms syndicate including the names of buyers and sellers of illegal weapons.
Police of several states are involved in the attempt to break the crime syndicate. The team of Delhi police involved in the raid on Friday included: SI Haridwari Lal, Head Constable Upendra Baliyan, Constable Bipin and Ravindra.
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