India's most wanted Arm Supplier Salim Pistol got arrested on 9 August. According to the sources, Salim Pistol, whose original name is Sheikh Salim, is held at Delhi Police Special Cell office in the capital.
Salim is on the run since 2018,he is the first person to have supplied Zigana pistols to gangsters in India. Officials have already begun questioning Salim Pistol and the interrogation is primarily focused on his relationship with Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) and his connection with D Company (Dawood Company).
Salim Pistol’s name also emerged during the investigation of Sidhu Moose Wala, a Punjab rapper murder in 2022 and even in the Baba Siddique murder case.
Salim was a resident of Delhi. Salim began his criminal career with vehicle thefts, before moving on to large -scale trafficking and robbery. He has supplied weapons to several notorious gangsters, including Lawrence Bishnoi, Hashim Baba and others.
Salim Pistol was first arrested in Delhi in 2018 but managed to flee abroad after securing bail. Acting on fresh intelligence inputs about his presence in Nepal, Delhi Police moved swiftly to coordinate with local authorities, leading to his arrest.
Police sources revealed that Salim Pistol’s dossier details his troubled past - dropping out of school after Class 8 due to financial constraints, engaging in petty crime and eventually becoming a key player in the illegal arms trade.
