Bhopal: ‘Battery, SIM cards’ are the code gunrunner are using in state to run their illegal gun business and mislead police. The two terms –which stands for deadly combination of pistols-bullets – has replaced the old code like Gilli-Danda and Danda and Daana, used while dealing with contract killers. These revelations were made gunrunner Satnam Singh (22), and his tribal aide Makhan Damode, who are in custody of police.
The two native of Khargone district were arrested by MP Police’s Special Task Force (MPSTF) from Morena district recently. Their arrest resulted in recovery of consignment of seven newly made semi-automatic pistols. The two during interrogation also revealed the latest modus operandi of the gunrunners and gun-makers operating from West MP’s Indore region. The guns manufactured here are in demand from customers spreading in 19 states, particularly Delhi and NCR, besides Maharashtra.
Earlier, the codes like gilli-danda was used by organised criminals and contract killers across the country to eliminate their targets, however, they have come up with new common terms like battery and SIM cards. “A few months back Gilli-Danda was used as secret code for pistols-bullets, and then it was changed to Danda and Daana. Now the secret code for the deadly combination has changed to Battery for pistols and SIM Cards for bullets. These codes are used by the gunrunners while dealing with their customers over the phone or the WhatsApp messenger service and also from the emails,” said an MPSTF source who is connected with investigations and grilling of the arrested duo.
These secret codes help the gun runners to shield their deals from cops, while their phones are on surveillance, as well as for duping the cops on the ground if caught during the negotiation of a future deal, said the part of the team led by inspector Chetan Singh Bains ,which arrested the duo recently from Morena.
Grilling of Satnam Singh who supplied arms to men in Morena, Gwalior and Bhind district for prices ranging between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 has also revealed that the seized guns after being sold in the districts of Gwalior-Chambal region would have made their way into the hands of organized criminals and contract killers in West UP, Delhi and NCR for prices ranging between Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000.
Both the accused Satnam and Damode travelled in different coaches of train to Morena, but Makhan was used as the courier for delivering the arms. But their plan was busted by the cops before the deal could be materialised. Just a few days back, one of the customers who had sourced five pistols from Satnam had been arrested in Gwalior, since then they were on radar of STF cops. It has also come to light that the customers continue to make payments using electronic wallets and payment apps, including the Paytm.
