Overview
- A routine inspection on Saturday at the Sector 8 malkhana first found 13 weapons missing and a fuller audit raised the total to 32 licensed firearms.
- Police registered a theft case and suspended ASI Bijendra Singh, the malkhana in‑charge, while opening a departmental inquiry into custody failures.
- Investigators say an intern attached to the police stole the weapons over several months and sold them to criminal networks, leading to about 20 arrests.
- Authorities report all 32 firearms and cash were recovered in raids across Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, and probes into wider trafficking links continue.
- The case has highlighted lapses in armoury procedures and monthly inventory checks at the station and raised concerns for civilians who had deposited guns for safekeeping.