New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a convicted criminal who was out on parole for keeping illegal weapon. He was nabbed with a semi automatic pistol — 9mm Brazilian make Taurus Beretta with 10 live rounds.
Police said Anwar Thakur is a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.
“The accused is a life convict in a murder case of Sadar Bazar in Delhi in which he had shot dead a police informer inside the police station in 1992,” said Rakesh Pawaria DCP Crime.
Anwar had come on parole on March 17, 2020.
He had cases under Arms Act registered against him in Lodhi Colony and Pandav Nagar of Delhi. Police are now trying to investigate how he got the possession of illegal weapon.
–IANS
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