New Delhi: A class XII student has been arrested from Nizamuddin area here for allegedly supplying arms, officials said Saturday. The accused identified as Kasif (19), alias Nisar, is a resident of Meerut, they added.

On January 21, one Sagar alias Lampak (24), a member of Sunder Bhati gang, was arrested for shooting a transgender on January 19 near Barapulla Flyover, officials said. During interrogation, he had disclosed that he had purchased the weapon from one Kasif, a resident of Meerut, police said. When the police conducted raids at the village of the accused in Meerut, they could not find him.