Delhi: Female big gun of firearms trade held

30-year-old Miskin's main operational zone was Barwani in Madhya Pradesh. She has finally been arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell in east Delhi.

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Delhi: Female big gun of firearms trade held
Miskin

In Short

  • Miskin was arrested in 2014 and was lodged in Deoband Jail.
  • It was then she came in contact with many local criminals and soon got in the gunrunning trade.
  • She has now been arrested in Delhi along with gang members Jabir and Balu.

After her husband expired, Miskin, now a 30-year-old, got married to a criminal from UP, who was arrested in 2014 and was lodged in Deoband Jail.

It was then she came in contact with many local criminals and soon got in the gunrunning trade. Her main operational zone was Barwani in Madhya Pradesh. She has finally been arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell in east Delhi along with gang members Jabir and Balu.

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"Thirty countrymade illegal arms - two automatic sophisticated carbines of 7.65mm, seven semi-automatic sophisticated pistols of 9mm, two revolvers of 7.65mm and 19 semi-automatic sophisticated pistols of 7.65mm - have been recovered from them," police said on Friday.

Police said the recovered weapons bear marks of "Made in Etaliya", "Made in Japan" and "Made in USA". Of these, two carbines and 23 pistols have one spare magazine each.

The weapons were purchased from Pyarelal. Two pistols and two revolvers were to be supplied to Nafis in Trans Yamuna, two carbines and seven semi-automatic pistols of 9mm were to be supplied to Jahiruddin and his partner Julfikar of Meerut and remaining 17 pistols were to be supplied to Hafij, police said.

Earlier also, Miskin and Jabir had supplied arms in Delhi NCR and UP on several occasions.

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