AHEAD of Independence Day, the Delhi Police recovered over 2,200 live cartridges near Anand Vihar Inter State Bus Terminal and arrested six people in this connection, officials said on Friday.

The accused have been identified as Ajmal (20), Rashid alias Lallan (20) and Saddam, all residents of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, Parikshit Negi, a native of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, Kamran from Delhi, and Nasir, a resident of Roorki in Uttarakhand, they said. According to Additional Commissioner of Police (Eastern Range) Vikramjit Singh, prima facie, the accused appear to be part of a criminal network but he said terror angle is also being probed.

“A total of 2,251 live cartridges have been recovered. At around 6.30 pm on August 6, we received information from an auto-rickshaw driver who informed us that he had spotted two persons near Anand Vihar ISBT carrying heavy bags.

“Police... intercepted them, checked their bag and recovered the live cartridges that included various types

of imported ammunition,” Singh said. The two men were identified as Ajmal Khan and Rashid.

They were booked under Arms Act, and during investigation, they revealed that they had received the ammunition from a person in Dehradun in Uttarakhand and it was to be delivered in Lucknow, Deputy Commissioner of Police (east) Priyanka Kashyap said.

Khan and Rashid had previously delivered similar consignments at least four times, she said.

On the basis of information gathered, a team was sent to Lucknow and Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh to nab the other members of the syndicate, who were supposed to receive the consignment. The team raided several places and nabbed one Saddam from Jaunpur, the DCP said.