India
Indian Campaigners Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty, Fewer Firearms
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
15 February 2010
NEW DELHI - Twenty-one organisations from across the country have come together to appeal to the Government to go for welfare instead of warfare. In a parallel event to the Defence Expo-2010 starting this Monday, these organisations, representing civil society, are gathering for "Delhi disarmament events and conference for an arms trade treaty," which will focus on the consequences of arms trade and the way military spending is... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Lobby Groups Mobilise as Indian Gun Owners Imagine 'Right to Bear Arms'
Washington Post
1 February 2010
In the land of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian gun owners are coming out of the shadows for the first time to mobilize, U.S.-style, against proposed new curbs on bearing arms. When gunmen attacked 10 sites in Mumbai in November 2008, including two five-star hotels and a train station, Mumbai resident Kumar Verma sat at home glued to the television, feeling outraged and unsafe. Before the end of December, Verma and his friends had... ( gunpolicy.org )
China,India,Nepal
Police to Focus on Nepal-India Smuggling of Chinese Guns and Ammo
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
14 January 2010
Alarmed by the continuous seizure of huge quantities of arms and explosives, the Bihar police has decided to approach neighbouring state agencies to unravel the inter-state network of arms and ammunition peddlers and crime syndicate active on the Indo-Nepal border. "A meeting chaired by Director General of Police Anand Shankar decided to approach neighbouring state agencies to eliminate the inter-state network of peddlers of arms, ammunition... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India to Tighten Gun Licensing, Registration Laws to Curb Proliferation
The Hindu (New Delhi)
10 January 2010
In a bid to check proliferation of both legal and illegal weapons, the government has decided to review the law for granting licences to individuals and keep a database of those issued across the country. The Home Ministry says proliferation of arms, whether licensed or illegal, vitiates the law and order situation and holding of sophisticated weapons by conflicting parties directly contributes towards lethality of violent acts.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Cousins Playing With 'Toy' .303 Pipe Gun, Put in Mouth, 12 year-old Shot
The Telegraph (Calcutta)
7 January 2010
Malda, Jan. 7: The left jaw of a 12-year-old was blown off today when a pipe gun with which a cousin of his was playing went off in a Kaliachak village this morning. Police said the injured boy, Harun Sheikh, was admitted to the district hospital here and later referred to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri. Doctors attending to him said the boy's left jaw and two teeth were blown off and the face suffered a ghastly... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Plans National Gun Registry, Owner Licensing, Gun Seizure Audits
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
24 December 2009
NEW DELHI -- In a move to check weapons seized by security forces finding their way back to the streets, the home ministry has decided to make annual audits mandatory for confiscated and obsolete weapons. The audit, a home ministry official said, was prescribed in the draft policy to ensure that security agencies tightened control over the arms seized by them. The new rule is part of the home ministry's overhaul of India's... ( gunpolicy.org )
India,Nepal
India Resumes Weapon Sales, Gun 'Loans' to Nepal After 4 Year Ban
Indian Express
23 December 2009
Ending a four-year self-imposed ban, India has decided to resume supply of small arms to Nepal. The ban came into effect in February 2005 when then King Gyanendra sacked the democratically elected government. The decision to resume supplies -- to begin with, only small arms will be supplied on "loan" -- was taken at a meeting convened by the Home Ministry earlier this month. Incidentally, Nepalese Maoists oppose any move... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
4 Illegal 'Gun Factories' Raided, 6 Alleged Gun Runners Charged in Bihar
Press Trust of India / PTI
10 December 2009
MUNGER -- Four mini gun factories were today unearthed and six persons involved in manufacturing illegal firearms and supplying them to naxalite outfits in Jharkhand arrested here, police said. Superintendent of police M Sunil Naiak told reporters that the police today arrested two arms smugglers, Chetlal and Kundan, for supplying firearms to naxalites in Jharkhand. The SP said Chetlal and Kundan were hardcore naxalites... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Disciplinary Action Against 46 Indian Army Officers Selling Service Weapon
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
3 December 2009
Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that action had been initiated against serving and retired army officers for selling/disposing of firearms illegally. "Sriganganagar District Collector (in Rajasthan) provided a list of officers who sold their non-service pattern weapons (NSP). The list included two major generals and two brigadiers," he said. A non-service pattern weapon is one for which... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Home-made Pistols Seized, Gun Dealers Charged in Surendranagar
Times of India
21 November 2009
LIMBDI, Surendranagar -- Two arms dealers were arrested from Chotila highway on Friday for smuggling firearms from Madhya Pradesh. Four pistols and 56 live cartridges were recovered from them. According to police, accused Premkumar Besadiya alias Maharaj, native of Lahar Mihona in MP, and his local associate Raghu Bharwad, resident of Jamvali village in Sayala taluka in Surendranagar district, were arrested following a tip-off about... ( gunpolicy.org )
India,United Nations
Rethink India's Decision to Abstain from UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Vote
Times of India, Editorial
13 November 2009
The past few weeks have seen a somewhat contradictory message emerging from New Delhi on the issue of arms trafficking. On the one hand, home secretary G K Pillai has stated Indian concerns about Maoists being supplied arms from China, albeit by private Chinese players rather than by Beijing. On the other, when the UN committee on disarmament and peace voted on a resolution last month calling for talks on a treaty to regulate the global... ( gunpolicy.org )
India,China,South Asia
Chinese 'Big Smugglers' of Illegal Guns, Claims Indian Home Secretary
Times of India / TNN
9 November 2009
NEW DELHI -- The government on Sunday indicated that China might be a source of small arms for naxalites who may be procuring them through smugglers. "Chinese are big smugglers... suppliers of small arms. I am sure that the Maoists also get them," home secretary G K Pillai said when asked if the naxals had links with China. He, however, made it clear that the government had no information that the Maoists had any links... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Culture, Illegal Firearm Industry Booming in Trigger-happy Delhi
Times Of India / TNN
8 November 2009
NEW DELHI -- Just the other day, Himanshu Sharma had an argument with a petrol pump manager and was shot at by the guard. On September 29, two Delhi residents were shot at in Faridabad when they had gone to a restaurant for dinner and had an altercation over parking. There is suddenly an alarming rise in the use of fire-arms in the city. Guns are being pulled out on the slightest provocation -- as TOI reported recently, a young man whipped... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Arrested Indian Gun Runners Admit to Selling Home-made Firearms
Times of India / Sandesh
5 November 2009
JAMNAGAR -- Three accused arrested in arms dealing racket sold as many as nine firearms in the past one-and-half-year, said police on Wednesday. Of the trio, Munna Sursinh and Indrasinh Mahida were sent to five-day remand, while Ajay Versinh was sent to judicial custody after being produced before a court here. According to police, the accused used to buy firearms, mainly country-made revolvers, at Rs 5,000 per piece from Jagat... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Police Ask Gun Dealers to Install Cameras After Indian Weapon Theft
Indo-Asian News Service
4 November 2009
PANCHKULA, Haryana -- All arms dealers in this Haryana district have been asked to install closed circuit TV (CCTV) cameras and appoint a guard at night after an arms shop was robbed of weapons and ammunitions worth nearly Rs.1 million last week, police said. District police chief Amitabh Dhillon has asked all police station heads to ensure the dealers follow the instructions. On Tuesday, robbers broke at least five locks... ( gunpolicy.org )
India,United Nations,Russia,China
UN Gun Trade Treaty 'Likely Very Weak' as India, Russia, China Abstain
Times of India / TNN
2 November 2009
NEW DELHI -- Even as the crucial global arms trade and transfers (ATT) treaty, which seeks to regulate the $55 billion arms trade and promote democracy, found overwhelming support from 153 member countries at the UN on Friday, India was among the 19 who abstained from the meet. These 153 countries -- including top arms suppliers like US, Britain, Germany and France -- supported a UN disarmament committee resolution which will lead... ( gunpolicy.org )
India,China,Myanmar,Laos,Cambodia,Thailand
China Small Arms Bazaar Fuelling North East Indian Insurgents, Maoists
Hueiyen Lanpao (India)
19 October 2009
DIMAPUR -- Small arms wielded by Northeast militants and Maoists invariably find their way in from Yunan province of southern China through the Chin people in Myanmar. But forces handling security this side of the India-Myanmar border have "no reasons yet" to suspect Beijing's official involvement in the gun-running racket. Chinese copies of weapons such as the American M-16 rifles and Russian Kalashnikovs -- AK-47s and AK-56s... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Women Face Increasing Risk from Guns and Domestic Violence
Morung Express (Manipur), Opinion
8 October 2009
Gun violence can be part of the cycle of intimidation and aggression that many women experience from an intimate partner. Domestic violence is a feature of every nation, irrespective of social, economic, religious or cultural preferences and settings. At least one in every three women is physically abused at least once, usually by an intimate partner, with most experiencing multiple instances of abuse. For every woman killed or... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Guardian Angel to 'Gun Widows' Counters Weapon Trafficking in Manipur
Economic Times (India)
20 September 2009
Growing up, Binalakshmi Nepram's understanding of 'normal' was different. In Manipur, combing operations by the Army, arrests, detentions, shootouts and drug addicts in the family were considered normal. Her outlook changed only when she moved to Delhi for higher studies. But the 34-year-old never forgot the world she left behind. She founded the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN) five years ago which offers financial and... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Traffickers Arrested Selling Handguns Made Illegally in Uttar Pradesh
Hindu (India)
13 September 2009
BANGALORE -- The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police busted an inter-State arms and ammunition supplying racket with the arrest of three men here. The police seized four country-made revolvers, one pistol, 32 rounds of live ammunition and Rs. 8 lakh in cash from the accused. The names of the accused have been given as Mohammad Siraj of Jharkhand, Hussain Saab of Chitradurga and Nawab Barkathullah of Bihar. Addressing... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Arab Emirates, India, China
Indian Army Grounds UAE Air Force Plane Carrying Guns to China
Times of India
8 September 2009
KOLKATA -- After trying to fob off Indian officials and investigators all of Sunday night, one of the pilots of the United Arab Emirates air force aircraft detained at Kolkata airport since Sunday finally admitted to the plane carrying a consignment of weapons. The C-130 Hercules among the biggest transport aircraft in the world was on its way to Xiangyang, China, from UAEAF's Western Air Command base in Abu Dhabi. Although the... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Saddled with Home-made Assault Rifles, Indian Army Wants New AK-47s
Times of India
7 September 2009
NAGPUR -- The indigenous 5.56x45mm Insas (Indian National Small Arms System) rifle has been the standard assault weapon for the Indian Army since the late 1990s. However, the jawans using it in counter-insurgency operations find it ineffective. As part of the new Army doctrine, the gun is meant to incapacitate the enemy, rather than kill. Insas has a smaller calibre, which means it has less power. This is because -- and it's the... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Illegal Gun Manufacturing, Arms Trafficking Prompts Debate in Bangalore
Deccan Herald
27 August 2009
BANGALORE -- The State administration has identified five districts where arms are not only manufactured illegally but constitute nodal points in a thriving and expanding inter-state trade in illicit weapons and ammunition -- issues that have larger internal security implications. The five districts are Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Mangalore, Bellary and Kodagu. Top police sources said that the decision to identify the districts followed... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Despite Armed Attack, Mumbai Tightens Restrictions on Private Guns
Times of India / TNN
19 August 2009
MUMBAI -- Post-26/11, the Mumbai police have tightened the screws for issuing arms licences to the public. While last year, from January to July, the police issued 116 arms licences, this year, the figure has gone down to 96. The police said after the terror attack, they received around 150 applications for revolvers and guns from builders, celebrities, hoteliers, politicians and security agency staff. However, they did not issue... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
520 Dealers Licensed to Sell Guns in Indian State of Madyar Pradesh
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
9 August 2009
BHOPAL -- If you want peace prepare for war, is an old adage which appears to be applicable for Madhya Pradesh (MP) which has a reputation of being a peaceful State but the truth is contrary to this, there are 520 arms dealers' shops in the State. Thus getting armed acts as a deterrent to attack, which the citizens of MP are doing. Maximum arms shops are in Bhind whose number is 102. However, there are only 19 arms shops in State capital.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nepal, India
Firearm Seizures Increase in Nepal Amid Talk of Gun Running from India
Republica (Kathmandu)
4 August 2009
KATHMANDU -- Some alarming findings have emerged in connection with the growing small arms menace in the capital Valley after a racket was busted at a shopping mall last week, police sources say. The group, from whom police extracted three pistols and 36 rounds of ammunition, has named some political leaders and cadres of student and youth wings as their clients, investigation officers tell myrepublica.com. The group is... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, United Nations
13 Nations Feed Guns to North Indian State, Arms Trade Treaty Needed
Morung Express News (Nagaland)
25 July 2009
DIMAPUR -- Poor regulatory mechanisms, looped policies and national fiscal interests in the arms trade are translating into human costs, fuelling conflicts in war-torn zones like the North East region of India. The United Nations' General Assembly has been reminded of the urgency for an international arms trade treaty and greater humane accountability. Scholar and peace activist from Manipur Binalakshmi Nepram in her speech delivered... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Army Officers, Officials Trafficking in Illegal Guns, Firearm Licences
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
6 July 2009
Several serving and former army officers are involved in illegal sale of prohibited weapons and imported arms to criminals. Some arms dealers and Rajasthan government officials in the border districts of the state are also party to gun-running. In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the defence ministry said the court of inquiry (CoI) into the circumstances under which some serving/retired army personnel sold/purchased arms... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Asia, South East Asia
UN Seminar Tackles Gun Smuggling, Trafficking in South, Central Asia
Indopia / PTI
17 June 2009
KATHMANDU -- Delegates from 13 countries, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, today participated in a UN-brokered regional seminar in the Nepalese capital to combat arms smuggling in South and Central Asia. The two-day seminar, first in a series of three sub-regional meets on 'Illicit Brokering of Small Arms and Light Weapons' in Asia and the Pacific, began today with an aim to enhance cooperation among the states in the region... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Home-made Revolvers Seized, Indian Police Atrocity Protesters Blamed
Indian Express / Express News Service (Calcutta)
15 June 2009
KOLKATA -- Five people were arrested from Howrah on Sunday for allegedly trying to sneak in arms to Lalgarh. Jiten Mandal and Amit Mandal, residents of Murshidabad, were picked up by the CID along with their three Lalgarh residents, from Bombay Road. Five revolvers were also recovered from them. Sources said that the Mandal brothers were going to Lalgarh for supplying arms to the members of the People's Committee against... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Mass Closure of Gun Makers, Arms Trade 'On Deathbed' in Kashmir
Daily Rising Kashmir (Srinagar)
14 June 2009
Shafat Ahmad Zaroo of Zaroo Gun Factory, one of the two existing gun manufacturing units operating in Kashmir in conversation with Rising Kashmir staffer Abdul Mohamin. Q.You are one of the pioneers in gun manufacturing in Kashmir. Can you throw some light on this business? A.The valley has a rich tradition of manufacturing guns, which dates back to many centuries and with the onset of Muslim rule here, it received further... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Traffickers Caught Buying Guns with Fake Licence in Nagaland, India
Hindu (India)
31 May 2009
KOCHI -- Ernakulam police have busted a major arms racket linked to secessionists and naxalites in Nagaland and Orissa and arrested three persons belonging to Orissa. The accused were arrested while purchasing guns from an armoury in the city using fake licence, purchase permit and No Objection Certificate, purported to have been issued by the Government of Nagaland. The three were identified as Rathiranjan Parida, Bipin Bihari... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Armed with List of Licensed Gun Owners, Indian Maoists Seize Weapons
Telegraph (Calcutta)
4 May 2009
MIDNAPORE -- Maoists in West Midnapore went from door to door in the last four months collecting licensed guns from villagers in Lalgarh and its neighbourhood that are being used in their jungle training camps, intelligence agencies have said. Police said only four cases of gun theft have been filed in Salboni police station because villagers are scared to report on the Maoists. "We have received reports that three guns were looted... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Police Visit Gun Owners, Seize Weapons in Advance of Calcutta Elections
Telegraph (Calcutta)
1 May 2009
The police top brass have asked all 48 police stations in the city to make a list of the owners of licensed firearms as part of a pre-poll drive to flush out illegal arms. The head of each police station has been asked to designate an officer who will visit the homes of the owners of licensed arms. The cops will assess the criminal records, if any, of the owners and decide whether to impound the arms licence. "Six licences... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Election Doubles Price of Home-Made Handguns, Ammunition
Telegraph (Calcutta)
24 April 2009
RAIGANJ -- An arms selling racket is active in North Dinajpur, thanks to political parties which want to be well-equipped before the elections and are acquiring weapons through criminals who are on their payroll. Promises made and at the end of a lot of coaxing, a linkman of the arms dealers agreed to reveal to The Telegraph how the network functioned. What followed was a journey on Tuesday morning to an undisclosed location. It... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Twelve Indians Shot Each Day: Gun Control Needs to Be a Top Priority
Hindu (India)
18 April 2009
NEW DELHI -- India's former Ambassador to the United Nations, Arundhati Ghose, on Friday said control of firearms needs to be a matter of top priority for our country. Speaking after releasing a book titled "India and Arms Trade Treaty: Making Disarmament Meaningful to People's Lives" edited by Control Arms Foundation of India secretary-general Binalakshmi Nepram, Ms. Ghose said: "When Binalakshmi asked me to release the book, I... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Dealer Holds Guns for Election Safekeeping, Loses 80 to Thieves
Times of India / TNN
11 April 2009
HOSHIARPUR -- In an arms and ammunition heist that could have serious ramifications on the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, 80 pistols and revolvers worth Rs 2 crore and a large quantity of ammunition were stolen from a gun shop here on Thursday night. The theft was discovered at daybreak, when people in the neighbourhood noticed the broken lock and informed the owner of Ajit Singh & Sons. Most of the weapons belonged to the... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Owners Resist Police Seizure of Licensed Guns for Indian Elections
Times of India / TNN
8 April 2009
KANPUR -- The city police are in a double-bind: not only are they finding it difficult to get gun-licence holders to deposit firearms before the deadline, in view of the smooth functioning of the Lok Sabha elections, but they are equally finding it difficult to abide by the court orders, which said that the police should not compel citizens in general to deposit their licence firearms, unless there is any specific orders against the same.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Home-made Guns, Illegal Factories Proliferate as Indian Elections Near
Times of India / TNN
1 April 2009
ALLAHABAD -- The Bundelkhand region, ever notorious for gun-toting dacoits, is beginning to grab headlines again as elections draw near. The badland, Blocked Ad besides being a safe haven for criminals, is a major supplier of weapons, especially during polls. In a state like Uttar Pradesh where political candidates are known for their muscle power, Bundelkhand is an ideal nursery of weaponry. Since the announcement of the Lok... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Trafficking, Misuse of Firearms Pose Serious Threat in Assam
Assam Tribune (Gawahati)
30 March 2009
GUWAHATI -- It is a bigger menace than the police could have imagined, with possession of arms and ammunition and their indiscriminate use now emerging as a real threat to people's lives in Assam. The recent incident involving the killing of a journalist in the heart of Guwahati has revealed how offenders have ready access to firearms, which they have no qualms about using. With Parliamentary elections knocking at the door, the... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Hyderabad Police Arrest Alleged Gang of Home-made Gun Traffickers
Times of India / TNN
12 March 2009
HYDERABAD -- In a major pre-election drive, the city police on Wednesday nabbed a 12-member inter-state gang supplying illegal arms and seized 13 weapons and 42 live rounds of ammunition from their possession. Acting on the leads given by a person arrested earlier, the central zone team of the Task Force arrested P Rajasekhar Reddy, 22, Atmakur, Sarvesh, 18, Rahul Kumar , 19, Sanjay Bhardwaj, 22, Mohammed Zaffar, 22, Jahangir Khan,... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Seizures Up 400% in 3yrs, Say Police in India's 8th-largest City
Indian Express
8 March 2009
PUNE -- Reflecting an alarming trend, the weapon recovery by the police have risen four-fold in the past three years. From only 27 firearms seized in 2005, the figure has shot up to 116 in 2008. "However with these seizures, the police could avert a lot of crimes," said Additional Commisioner (Crime) Rajender Singh. "Most of the arms recovered were from criminal gangs and low level functionaries of political parties," Singh... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Mumbai Attack Fuels Demand for Gun-toting Private Security Guards in India
New York Times
3 March 2009
NEW DELHI -- In much of India, the first line of defense against crime stands just over five and a half feet tall, earns less than $100 a month and is armed with little more than a shiny belt buckle. Security guards have long been a sleepy presence here, but a string of fatal attacks, culminating in the siege of three Mumbai hotels by terrorists last November, have created a demand for new and better trained guards, state-of-the-art... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Kolkata Police Arrest Alleged Gun Runners, Seize Handguns, Ammunition
Indian Express
25 February 2009
KOLKATA -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths arrested two arms dealers -- Talib Mondal and Shamim Mondal -- from a bus terminus on the Bongaon-Bagda Road in North 24 Parganas on Tuesday. Senior CID officers said arms and ammunition were also seized from the duo. "We had been tracking the movements of the duo for some time. We received a tip-off that they were planning to board a bus from the Asharu bus stand on... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Mulls Bulk Gun Licensing, Bigger Guns, 'Entire Gamut' of Arms Act
Economic Times (India)
16 February 2009
NEW DELHI -- With 26/11 strikes in Mumbai pushing up the demand for better security systems among individuals and corporates, the Centre is examining the demand of private security agencies to be issued bulk arms licences. The Union home ministry has started a consultation process with the states on the possible amendments to the entire gamut of Arms Act, including allowing guards in banks and private security agencies to keep non-prohibited... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Illegal Gun Factory Raided, Owner Arrested in Jammu & Kashmir
Hindu (India) / PTI
12 February 2009
JAMMU -- Police on Thursday busted an illegal gun manufacturing unit and arrested the owner after recovery of weapons and material in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said here. Acting on a tip-off of Jai Kumar, police raided the illegal gun manufacturing unit in Nagulta in Chenani Tehsil of Udhampur district, they said. On Wednesday, police had recovered a local made pistol and two rounds of bullet from... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Women 'Proxies' Rush to Buy Guns for Indian Politicians, Criminals
Hindu (India) / IANS
4 February 2009
LUCKNOW -- Nearly 700 women applied for arms licences in 2008 in western Uttar Pradesh. No, the region is not witnessing some sort of movement -- rather politicians and criminals are using female members of their family to procure licences by proxy. Western Uttar Pradesh, in the past few years, has registered a surprising rise in the number of arms licences procured and applied for by women. According to statistics of the... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Police Raids Focus Gun Running Allegations on Indian Local Politicians
Times of India
31 January 2009
KOLKATA -- Ashok Mondal, one of the kingpins of the arms smuggling racket that was busted in Malda on Saturday, had delivered a huge cache of arms to a Trinamool Congress leader in East Midnapore over the past two years, CID sources said on Friday. On Thursday night, CID officers raided two homes of Trinamool panchayat pradhan Nanda Dulal Maity, but he managed to evade them. There was no trace of any arms or ammunition, too. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Gun Factory Staff Suspect in Seizure of 25 Guns, Fake Licences
Times of India
28 January 2009
The gunrunners held from Malda on Saturday night could have a nexus with some employees of the ordnance factories, say police. There were five sophisticated rifles manufactured by Indian Ordnance Factory in the huge haul unearthed in Kolkata's Baguiati. CID officers have informed the top brass of ordnance factories to examine the weapons seized on Sunday night. Apart from 25 guns, including five rifles, police found over... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Cache Seizure Near Kolkata Leads to Indian Ordnance Factory Link
Indian Express
28 January 2009
KOLKATA -- Two days after the recovery of a huge cache of sophisticated weapons from a Baguihati house, the CID suspects involvement of ordnance factories' employees in the case. The CID has asked top officials of ordinance factories to examine the weapons seized during the Baguiati raid on Sunday night. The police had recovered nearly 25 types of firearms including five rifles and eight fake gun licences from an inter-state... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Vintage Rifles Can't Fight New Face of Urban Terror: Top Indian Cops
Indo-Asian News Service
20 January 2009
GUWAHATI -- Vintage World War I era firearms like the .303 rifles are no match to the new face of terror -- heavily armed with sophisticated weapons and gadgets, said top Indian police officials here advocating the need for replacing them with sophisticated weapons like the Israeli Uzi and the German MP5 submachine guns. "We are still using the .303 rifles which are accurate and good in the field, but not in a combat situation while... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, India
Terrorists Rely More on Easy-to-get Guns Than Less Accessible Weapons
Center for Defense Information, Web Page
15 January 2009
At 9 pm on 26 November 2008, gunmen began a series of coordinated attacks in the city of Mumbai, India, which terrorized the city and captivated the world. Using only small arms and grenades, roughly two dozen operatives from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Kashmir- based militant group, attacked Mumbai, paralyzing the financial and cultural center of India for 62 hours. In the end, nearly 200 were killed and 350 wounded. While much of... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Most New Delhi Gun Homicides Committed with Locally Crafted Guns
Live Mint TV / Hindustan Times (New Delhi), Transcript
6 January 2009
FARRUKHABAD, Uttar Pradesh -- At first sight, there's nothing to set apart this small yet bustling town on the Ganga, located near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The chaotic medley of traffic -- cycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws, cars, buses and tractors -- bouncing along potholed roads could be a scene from any town in India. Yet, Farrukhabad, about a 9-hour drive from New Delhi and the headquarters of an Uttar Pradesh district, has the... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Sharp Rise in Gun Licences Issued in Mumbai, But Most Were Refused
Times of India / TNN
28 December 2008
MUMBAI -- The number of gun licences granted by the Mumbai police more than doubled from 2006 to 2007. In 2006, the police issued 172 licences, and in the following year, the number shot up to 416. The jump was despite the fact that there was no significant increase in the number of applications for arms licences. The city police rejected almost two-thirds of the applications for arms licences in the five years from 2003... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, United States
To Prevent More Mumbais, Many More Indians Should Carry Guns
Wall Street Journal Asia, Opinion
9 December 2008
For three bloody days, just 10 determined killers held a city of 18 million hostage. The sheer ignominy of this fact has jolted Mumbaikars -- and Indians -- out of their fabled chalta hai (anything goes) attitude, and into a burst of citizen activism. Even Mumbai's business community has shed its habitual political timidity and filed an extraordinary public-interest lawsuit demanding that the government fulfill its constitutional obligation... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, India
UK, Mumbai: If We All Carried Guns, We Could Help to Combat Terrorism
Sunday Times (UK), Opinion
7 December 2008
The firearms massacres that have periodically caused shock and horror around the world have been dwarfed by the Mumbai shootings, in which a handful of gunmen left some 500 people killed or wounded. For anybody who still believed in it, the Mumbai shootings exposed the myth of "gun control". India had some of the strictest firearms laws in the world, going back to the Indian Arms Act of 1878, by which Britain had sought to prevent... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Mumbai Attacks Prompt 'Primal Fear,' Demand for Guns in Indian Cities
Sunday Economic Times (India)
7 December 2008
NEW DELHI -- The gruesome images of gunmen roaming the streets of Mumbai with submachine guns and spraying bullets on innocent people have evoked the most basic instinct in the people of our cities -- that of primal fear. Perhaps no wonder then that the doyen of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan is now sleeping with a gun under his pillow and created quite a stir at Mumbai airport yesterday when he tried to board a domestic flight with a gun in... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China
China Growing Illegal Gun Markets in Bangladesh, Myanmar Says India
United News of India
27 November 2008
MYANMAR SHILLONG -- Security agencies have expressed concern on the increasing number of illegal arms markets in Bangladesh and Myanmar, a top official said today. "The arms markets in both countries have been thriving with the proliferation of new arms and explosives in China after Beijing's decision to dispose of obsolete weapons. Not only in Bangladesh and Myanmar, but these illegal arms market are also flourishing in China,... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Fake Gun Licence Scam Implicates Range of Indian Security Companies
Calcutta News.Net / IANS
9 November 2008
A thirty-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly running a fake arms licenses racket, the police said here Sunday. A special operations group of the Noida Police nabbed Anil Yadav Saturday night and recovered two single-barrel guns, five double-barrel guns, two pistols, 40 live cartridges and 22 fake seals of the licencing authorities. Senior Superintendent of Police R.K. Chaturvedi said: 'Yadav made arms licenses... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Killings by Licensed Firearm Owners Spotlight Rising Gun Culture in India
Ludhiana Tribune (Chandigarh)
27 October 2008
LUDHIANA -- In a new-found penchant for guns, at least 400 apply for gun licences every month. The fact is important in the context of three gruesome killing on Saturday. All involved had licensed weapons that brings to the fore the dirty face of the prevailing gun culture in the city. The two incidents on Sunday, where a paramour killed his beloved and later in the day a lover shot his beloved and himself, were not the stray ones.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh Police Handguns Stolen, Smuggled to Calcutta for Sale
Telegraph (Calcutta)
19 October 2008
Bangladeshi criminal Subrata Bayen, who was arrested on October 13 in a Palm Avenue flat, was allegedly running an international arms smuggling racket from the city. According to officers of the Special Task Force (STF), Bayen's men would steal imported pistols from the Bangladesh police armoury and smuggle them to Calcutta. Investigations revealed that improvised firearms made in Bihar are in demand in Bangladesh and are... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Firearms Flow In, But New Delhi Police Say Gun Crime Down in Capital
Times of India
15 October 2008
NEW DELHI -- The rampant use of unlicensed firearms has turned into a nightmare for the NCR police. On Tuesday, a chartered accountant was shot dead in north-east Delhi over a property dispute while another person was killed in Gurgaon over a petty issue. A day before, a gym owner was shot near his residence in Pitampura. On September 30, Soumya Viswanathan, a producer with a news channel, was shot while returning home to Vasant Kunj from... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Stray Bullet from Police Gun Range Kills Passing Farmer in Bangalore
Times of India / TNN
13 October 2008
BANGALORE -- A civilian was killed by a stray bullet which was fired during shooting practice at the Aralur KSRP range near Hoskote on Sunday. Subbanna (52), a farmer from Solur village, was walking towards a temple near the KSRP range in the afternoon when the tragedy occurred. He is survived by wife, two sons and two daughters. According to police, a state-level meeting was on and the police personnel who had gathered... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Political Will Required for India to Promote Global Gun Trade Treaty
Hindu (India), Opinion
30 September 2008
Over 1,000 people are killed every day by arms. Eight million small arms and light weapons are produced every year. Each year at least a third of a million people are killed directly with conventional weapons and many more are injured, abused, forcibly displaced and bereaved as a result of armed violence. Based on an evaluation of the value of total exports for 2005-07, as officially reported by the authorities of each country, listed for... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Groups, Lawmakers Gather in New Delhi, Urge Global Gun Trade Treaty
Kangla Online / Imphal Free Press
14 September 2008
NEW DELHI -- Civil Society, Parliamentarians and Gun Survivors urge Indian Government to support an International Arms Trade Treaty to stop the inflow of illegal small arms and light weapons. On Saturday, 13 September 2008, Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI) commemorated the Global Day of Action for an International Arms Trade Treaty at the India International Centre, New Delhi, and urged the Government of India to support... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Stray Bullet from Indian Army Rifle Range Kills Young Man in Gujarat
Sindh Today / Indo Asian News Service
13 September 2008
JAMNAGAR, Gujarat -- In a freak accident, a man who was standing outside his house in Jamnagar district was killed by a stray bullet that came from a nearby army firing range, the police said Saturday. Kunwarsinh Jovansinh Damor, 20, was standing outside his house at 9.30 a.m. Saturday in Dared village, 7 km from here, when a stray bullet from the firing range where the army and navy personnel were practising hit him in the chest... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Bengal Police Raid Indian Gun Factory 'Making Illegal Guns for 5 Years'
Times of India
1 September 2008
KOLKATA -- Following a trail after the arrest of a notorious criminal, South 24-Parganas police unearthed an arms-manufacturing unit at a remote village in Bishnupur early on Sunday. Five persons were arrested for their involvement in the gun-running racket and a huge cache of arms was recovered. The arrests proved that, apart from arms made from Munger, a major quantum of illegal arms are also produced in various parts of Bengal.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Olympic Shooting Medallist's Win Triggers Rush to Buy Airguns in India
Times of India
13 August 2008
CHANDIGARH -- Call it the Abhinav Effect. In the 24 hours since the shooter shot for gold at the Beijing Olympics, 65 air rifles have flown off shelves from just one shop in Chandigarh. Fresh orders have been placed for 50 more and there has been, according to happy faced attendants at Ahuja Arms Company, telephone queries from about three dozen anxious parents, excited children tugging at their sleeves for the latest must-have.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
In Family Honour Dispute, Delhi Teen Kills Woman with Home-made Gun
Indo Asian News Service
11 August 2008
A Class 12 student opposed to his brother's relationship with a girl has been arrested for gunning down the girl's mother in the Indian capital, the police said Monday. The 17-year-old was arrested from Kundli area Sunday for killing Rita Dube, who was in her late 30s, last week following a heated argument at her house in Narela, a police offical said. Rita, her husband Brijesh, their three daughters and two sons had moved... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Four Military Handguns Stolen from Indian Army Armoury, Probe Ordered
Howrah News (West Bengal) / Asian Age
4 August 2008
NEW DELHI -- Four pistols have gone missing from an Army armoury at Dehra Dun and the Army has ordered a court of inquiry to probe the incident, the Army sources have confirmed. The loss of the pistols was detected after authorities at the armoury found that the seal on the lock of the armoury was broken. Army sources said that the Dehra Dun police had already lodged an FIR in the case. The four pistols are of 9 mm calibre and of Indian... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Religious, Peace Groups Hail Landslide UN Vote for Global Gun Control
Indian Catholic (New Delhi)
23 July 2008
NEW YORK -- Religious and peace groups heralded a nonbinding U.N. agreement on small arms that they said helps incremental efforts to curb the trade of illicit weapons. But disarmament advocates also said the action is part of a wider effort to curtail a serious international problem that is being fought by faith communities, such as parishes in Brazil. "The parish priest in the Rio (de Janeiro) favelas (slums) is part... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Criminal Use of Legal, Illegal Guns, Craft Manufacture Worry Delhi Police
National (Abu Dhabi)
23 July 2008
NEW DELHI -- Terrified residents in India's capital are calling for police to do more to tackle gun crime after a spate of shootings this month left five men dead and a sixth in critical condition. In the most recent incident, a 40-year old man was shot dead on Monday night in central Delhi. A week earlier, three men were shot and a fourth critically wounded by a motorcycle gang that police believed was responsible for a host of... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Global Gun Trade Treaty Should be Actively Supported by India
My News Network (India)
3 July 2008
NEW DELHI -- India should become an active member the International Arms Trade Treaty to put a check on the illegal trade of weapons which is helping in fuelling armed violence that takes around 3,50,000 lives across the world, an International Affairs expert said today. "India should sign the "United Nations global Arms Trade Treaty' and become its active member to create a legally binding agreement to regularise arms trade," said... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Crime, Firearm Trafficking Reportedly on the Rise in New Delhi
Times of India / TNN
2 July 2008
NEW DELHI -- An illegal arms bazaar is thriving in the Capital. From the simple desi kattas to the sophisticated smuggled guns from China, Malaysia, Italy and Pakistan -- everything is available for a price, even on rent. According to the police, illegal weapons outnumber the legal ones by more than eight times in the city and more than 90% of crimes in Delhi are committed using unlicensed guns. Sources say these easily obtainable... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed to Curb the Spread of Weapons
Statesman (Kolkata), Opinion
12 June 2008
The campaign to reduce small arms and to eliminate the use of landmines and cluster bombs can save millions of lives. In addition, animals and birds can also be protected. Although attention is generally focussed on heavy weapons, greater destruction is caused by "small arms and light weapons", a technical term (generally abbreviated to 'small arms') which covers revolvers, pistols, rifles, carbines, machine-guns, ammunition, shells,... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Calcutta Gun Shop Owner Faked Robbery, Sold Illegal Weapons - Police
Telegraph (Calcutta)
10 June 2008
PURULIA -- Police today accused the owner of a 190-year-old gun shop in Purulia town of "cooking up" a story of robbery to sell arms to people without valid licences. Shekhar Andia Mistri, 53, told the police seven men came "in the guise of customers" around 6.45am today. They allegedly woke him up for air guns and took away "five double-barrel guns, two revolvers and 20 air guns" after gagging him and tying him up at gun-point.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
MPs, Gun Control Groups Pledge to Reduce Armed Violence in India
Kangla Online / Imphal Free Press (Manipur)
5 June 2008
NEW DELHI -- Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence was successfully observed on June 5, 2008 at the deputy chairman's hall, Constitution Club in New Delhi. The function was graced by Dr Thokchom Meinya, MP, Lok Sabha. Other MPs present included Francis Fathome and Dr Karan Singh Yadav of the Lok Sabha. The distinguished MPs commended the control arms movement that is going on in the country and reiterated that as parliamentarians... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Authorities Award 'Status Symbol' Gun Licences to Empower Women
India News Portal / Sify
27 May 2008
BHOPAL -- Earlier, they were known as a broomstick weilding women in their villages, but now they are recognised as a gun-toting women in dacoity-infested Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, where carrying a gun is considered a status symbol. "A total of 19 women -- nine belonging to 'Nirmal Grams' (clean villages) for their role in ensuring villages to be clean and hygiene under the 'Total Sanitation Campaign' and the rest members... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Licensed Indian Gun Shops Accused of Selling Firearms to Gangs, Criminals
Times of India
12 May 2008
LUCKNOW -- Authorities in Etah have stepped upon a major expose involving licensed arms dealers trading illicit firearms from government ordnance factories to Naxalites and criminals. And all this was going on in connivance with licensing authorities. Investigations so far have revealed that as many as 30 firearms were found to be unaccounted for at a single arms shop in Etah within a period of three years. With a total of 166 such... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Bollywood Film Star Faces Inquiry Into Illegal Use of Her Father's Gun
Times of India
8 May 2008
NEW DELHI -- A Gurgaon court on Thursday ordered an inquiry into Soha Ali Khan illegal gun licence case. The court has ordered an inquiry against Haryana police for concealing facts. Soha Ali Khan's gun was allegedly used by her father -- former cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi to kill a blackbuck in June 2005 in Haryana's Jhajjar district. Soha Ali Khan is accused of obtaining a gun license despite being under-age at... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, United States, France, Canada, Germany, Angola, Thailand, Australia, Colombia, South Africa, Turkey, Pakistan, Russia, Brazil, United Kingdom, India, China
Guns Around the World: Civilian Firearms per 100 People in 16 Nations
Economist
30 April 2008
An estimated 875m small arms are in circulation worldwide: one for every seven people on the planet. Nearly three-quarters of these are owned by civilians. And about 80% of those guns in civilian hands are found in just 30 countries, according to the Small Arms Survey, a research group. Although America accounts for 40% of firearms in civilian ownership, people put them to more deadly use elsewhere. The gun murder rate in Colombia... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
California Mother, Daughter Arrested Carrying Ammunition at Indian Airport
CNN-IBN (India)
15 April 2008
NEW DELHI -- Two American women were detained by the Siliguri police following the recovery of 11 cartridges and a magazine from their baggage at the Bagdogra Airport on Tuesday morning. A Siliguri court has rejected their bail pleas, remanding them in judicial custody till April 17. The women, identified as 57-year-old Monica Bond and her daughter 37-year-old Heather Bond, are residents of California. They were... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Calcutta Police 'Stunned' to Catch Gun Runner With US Pistols, Ammunition
Telegraph (Calcutta)
10 April 2008
Police spotlight on Wednesday was fixed on central Calcutta, where a gun-runner was arrested and an armed gang robbed jewellery from a shop. Rafique Mistry, the arms dealer, had been on the wanted list for months and finally fell into the sleuths' trap on Bentinck Street on Wednesday evening. Nine pistols and six rounds of ammunition, all said to have been made in the US, were seized from him. The pistols -- seven... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Street Shootings, Gun Culture Spread Rapidly in Indian Capital New Delhi
NDTV-News (New Delhi)
8 April 2008
NEW DELHI -- Three recent separate incidents of shootings in New Delhi underline the rapidly-spreading gun culture. At around 9 pm, four men in a Maruti Zen were stopped by three others in a Honda CRV at the Ashok Vihar market in North West Delhi. Five bullets were fired and two of them were in the air. Two men in the Zen ended up with bullet injuries. Police say personal differences triggered the violence. But both groups... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
To Reduce Population Growth, India Encourages Men to Get a Gun
NDTV News (New Delhi)
1 April 2008
SHIVPURI -- What's the best way to get men to get vasectomies? Apparently it's to offer them gun licenses. That's a ploy which seems to be working in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district. Family planning is being promoted with guns in Shivpuri. But it's not what you think, men are being lured with gun licenses to undergo vasectomies, and it's already showing results. Men are going for a vasectomy surgery but family planning... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Among Most Heavily Armed Nations, Suffers 'Epidemic of Gun Violence'
Open Democracy (UK), Web Page
1 April 2008
I dedicate this article to the more than 5000 women who have lost their lives or been wounded by gun violence in my home-state of Manipur in Northeast India. As the world knows, India is the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, the land where non-violence was born. Last year the United Nations declared that his birthday, 2 October, would become International Day of Non-Violence. The India that existed at the time of independence championed... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Get a Vasectomy, Receive a Gun for Masculinity: Population Control in India
Thaindian News (Bangkok) / IANS
1 April 2008
BHOPAL -- Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district has embarked upon a novel idea to promote male sterilisation -- the administration has decided to grant gun licences to those who come to family planning camps and offer to undergo vasectomy, a senior official said Tuesday. These camps are being held more and more frequently now. The last two-day camp in the district started March 27. It saw 37 people came forward for vasectomy; 23 of them have... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gang of Home-made Gun Manufacturers Arrested in India, 8 Held
Times of India
31 March 2008
BELGAUM -- A gang manufacturing and selling country-made pistols at Raibag was arrested by a special police team of Chikkodi sub-division on Saturday. Six country-made pistols and 12 live cartridges were recovered from the gang. Eight persons along with two former Gram Panchayat members have been arrested. Based on a tip-off, the police arrested two persons, Tammanna Ningappa Sutar (65) and Sadashiv Ramappa Kamble (55), both of... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Celebrated Senior Indian Cop Killed with 'Lost' Police Handgun in Debt Row
Yahoo! News (India)
31 March 2008
In a startling disclosure on Sunday, the Gurgaon Police investigating ACP Rajbir Singh's murder claimed the .32 bore revolver with which the encounter specialist was killed by a property dealer was a service revolver and belonged to a senior police official of the Haryana Police. Police said the police official holding the rank assistant superintendent of police (ASP) lost it during an operation while chasing down criminals in Bhiwani... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Underage Indian Actor Granted Gun Licence in 'Gross Violation of Arms Act'
Times of India
19 March 2008
GURGAON -- Only months after a boy was shot by his classmate in a Gurgaon school, leading to a furore over the cavalier manner in which the Gurgaon administration issues gun licences, there seems to be fresh evidence of the authorities flouting rules. An RTI application filed by an animal rights activist Naresh Kadyan revealed that actor Soha Ali Khan was issued a gun licence when she was only 18 years old. The law stipulates that... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Sterilised Indian Men Rewarded with 'Symbol of Manliness - a Gun Licence'
Agence France Presse
18 March 2008
NEW DELHI -- A bandit-infested region of India is trying to persuade men to undergo sterilisation by offering to fast-track their gun licence applications, an official said on Tuesday. Officials in central Madhya Pradesh state's Shivpuri district decided to adopt the policy -- already tried out by some neighbouring states -- to increase the low vascectomy rate. "I came to know that it had to do with their perceived notion... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
In 'Liberal' Mumbai, Indian Police Give 6 Out of 10 Applicants a Gun Licence
Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai)
29 February 2008
MUMBAI -- The Mumbai Police issued 416 firearm licences in 2007, more than double compared to the year before. And, the trend is only continuing with as many as 127 licences issued in less than two months in 2008. This was despite no significant increase in the number of applications for such licences (see table), prompting people to believe that the police are now more liberal in issuing firearm licences. The police commissioner's... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Gun Culture: Craft Manufacture, Psychology Behind Buying a Firearm
Times Now TV (Mumbai)
26 February 2008
In a shocking revelation, Times Now's Jagori Dhar uncovers mushrooming of gun culture in Bihar and unravels as to how easy it is to procure an arm in Bihar. Our reporter visited an undisclosed location near Patna where fire arms were available at throw away prices. The place appeared like any other cowshed, however, on closer look it was unveiled that the undisclosed location was the heart of the gun culture in Bihar. Our investigation indicated... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Russia
Kalashnikov Faces Tough Fight Rebuilding Gun Sales in India, World
Telegraph (Calcutta)
22 February 2008
NEW DELHI -- Mikhail Timofeyevich's terrible legacy spawned a culture that changed the face of war forever. But now the Avtomat Kalashnikov assault rifle that bears his surname is struggling to recreate a culture in which everything Russian was the preferred choice for the Indian armed forces. The makers of the Kalash, arguably the best-known name in small arms, were tucked away in a five-foot-by-five-foot prefab stall... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Russia
Kalashnikov Assault Rifles May Be Made in India, Under Licence to Russia
Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai)
19 February 2008
NEW DELHI -- The legendary Assault rifle Kalashnikov (AK) is set to make a 'legal' entry into India. The Russian firm making the AK rifles, Izhmash, is in advanced talks with a reputed Indian industry group to start manufacture in India of the latest AK-100 series. This is the lighter, though deadlier version of the assault rifle born a few months after World War II ended. "We are carrying on negotiations with one major... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Russia
India to Manufacture Kalashnikov Assault Rifles Under Licence to Russia
Times of India / TNN
19 February 2008
NEW DELHI -- With the 61st anniversary of the famed Kalashnikov AK-47 series around the corner, the Russian manufacturer of the world's best-known assault rifle announced that the latest AK-100 series will be manufactured in India. The Russian arms company, Izhmash, will shortly issue a licence to an Indian private arms manufacturer with whom negotiations are at an advanced stage. Company spokesperson Alexander Xavarzin said assembling... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
School Teacher, Buffalo Killed by Stray Bullets from Indian Street Mob
Times of India / TNN
15 February 2008
KANADAR (VIJAYNAGAR TALUKA): It was a routine day for 28-year-old Shailesh Rathod, a primary school teacher at Ajaypur Government School, who left his home in Antarsubha village around 9.15 am on Wednesday. Rathod had stopped by a local photocopying centre opposite the forest range office at Antarsubha ashram crossroads to get an income-tax form 16 and saw the commotion and firing outside the forest office. Afraid, he began... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Shaken by School Violence: 2 Gun Deaths Set Huge Nation on Edge
Washington Post
13 February 2008
NEW DELHI -- Two fatal shootings and a stabbing in Indian schools have rattled parents and teachers here, forcing India to confront an issue it had previously known mainly through TV news footage from the United States. While school violence remains rare in India, three attacks since December have led to calls for increased security in schools and for broader control of the more than 32 million guns in civilian hands in India. Television... ( gunpolicy.org )
Russia, India
Russia to Showcase New Assault Weapons, Handguns at Indian Arms Fair
RIA Novosti (Russia)
11 February 2008
MOSCOW -- Russia plans to showcase its range of new small arms and light weapons (SALW) at an International arms exhibition in India, defense industry officials said on Monday. The Defexpo India-2008 exhibition and conference is due to take place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi February 16 through 19. State-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said it would showcase advanced Kalashnikov AK-101, AK-102 (5.56 mm), AK-103 and AK-104... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
School Shootings in India Spur Youth Gun Ban Call by Control Arms Group
Times of India
6 February 2008
NEW DELHI -- Close on the heels of incidents of campus shootings in various schools across the country, experts on Thursday stressed on making the gun legislation more stringent. "We want to make the Indian Arms Act of 1959 more stringent. Everyone should not be allowed to possess arms. Those provided license for possessing weapons should be accountable for their use," Lt Gen (retd) B S Mallik, president of Control Arms Foundation... ( gunpolicy.org )
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