In a significant crackdown on gangs working within the nationwide capital, the Delhi Police’s Particular Cell arrested 16 suspected criminals in separate operations prior to now two weeks, an official mentioned on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Particular Cell) Amit Kaushik mentioned they started a drive following a surge in organised gang exercise within the metropolis, resulting in 16 criminals, together with a girl, belonging to completely different gangs being arrested.
Ten pistols and 56 stay rounds have been seized from the arrested accused, who embrace members of gangs being run from overseas, he mentioned.
In the course of the drive, the suspected criminals have been monitored by way of technical means to establish their technique of communication, Kaushik mentioned.
It was discovered throughout the surveillance train that the gang leaders, who’re settled overseas or incarcerated in numerous jails, recruited juveniles and children with out prior prison information or concerned in minor circumstances to keep away from detection, the senior officer mentioned.
Social media and common songs glamorising the gangster life are used to draw these children to hitch the gangs, he mentioned.
The gangsters lure these children for taking pictures at and even killing individuals and later dump them and transfer on to others, he added.
