New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Delhi Police has arrested four men and recovered three illegal automatic pistols, 23 live cartridges and four empty shells from their possession, an official said on Wednesday. The accused were arrested from Bhalswa village in Jahangir Puri area following a tip-off, he said.

The arrested men have been identified as Pankaj Dahiya (29) from Gurugram, Tarvesh Kadyan (26) from Jahangir Puri, Mohit Panwar (18)

from Bhalswa and Varun Tyagi (22) from Burari.

"Dahiya is a habitual offender with a prior criminal case against him. On the intervening night of February

9 and 10, a tip-off was received about the suspects," said the police officer.

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