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
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 )
World, 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
Get a Vasectomy, Receive a Gun for Masculinity: Population Control in India
ThaiIndian 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
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
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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 )
India, Australia
17yr-old Australian Girl Dies in India, Shot by Jilted Stalker Turned Rapist
Sydney Morning Herald
5 February 2008
Anandalila "Lila" Slater, the Australian teenager who was raped and shot by a stalker in India three days ago, has died surrounded by her family and friends in India. She died of heart failure resulting from her injuries about 2.15am (7.45am AEDT) in the Indian holy city of Vrindavan, where she had been brought after doctors said they could not remove the bullet that had lodged in her brain. "[The family] was hoping to... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Australia
Indian Stalker Shoots 17yr-old Australian Girl near Agra, Then Kills Himself
Sydney Morning Herald
3 February 2008
NEW DELHI -- The Indian gunman had been stalking Lila for years. Several days ago, her mother says, he sexually assaulted the 17-year-old Australian at gunpoint in the family home in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Vrindavan in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He returned in the early hours of Saturday and threatened family members with his pistol. Then he confronted Anandalila "Lila" Salter and shot her three times before shooting himself... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Australia
Jilted Indian Man Uses Dad's Handgun to Shoot 17yr-old Australian Girl
Telegraph (Calcutta)
2 February 2008
LUCKNOW -- A jilted young man, still in love with an Australian devotee of Krishna, shot and critically injured her in the land of leela and then blew his head off after an early-morning showdown today. Police said Saurav Singh burst into 26-year-old Anna Leela Judy's Vrindavan flat, accused her of "playing" with his life and then fired at her from a revolver. "We have studied the cellphone records of both Leela and Saurav.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Revolvers Made in Illegal Indian Handgun Factory Exploded After 2-3 Shots
Times of India
29 January 2008
BANGALORE -- The Shankarpuram police have raided an illegal gun manufacturing unit in Nandigrama, Chikballapur, and have arrested the manufacturer, Manjunath. Two revolvers have been seized. Until now, the police thought rowdies procured country-made revolvers from Bihar and Rajasthan. The police stumbled upon this case after the arrest of Iliyas Khan, who was arrested recently in Shivajinagar for possessing a revolver. During interrogation,... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Celebratory Shooting Kills Bride's Cousin, 19, at Indian Wedding Party
Express India
28 January 2008
GURGAON -- A 19-year-old boy lost his life when a stray bullet fired in the air at a marriage party hit him. The incident took place in Gurgaon on Saturday night. Gaurav Sharma, the deceased, was the bride's cousin and lived in Ashok Vihar, New Delhi. According to the police, the shot was fired by a youth, Rishi Yadav, who was accompanying the groom. Rishi, a resident of Gurgaon, is said to be at large. Gaurav's... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Illegal Gun Market Said to be Flourishing in Nagaland, Northeast India
NDTV-News (India)
9 January 2008
Dimapur, Nagaland's main commercial centre, the headquarters of the militant outfit NSCN (I-M) is also the crime hub of the Northeast. It's the underbelly of the region that supplies everything from stolen vehicles to arms and ammunition to the rest of the country. NDTV had earlier reported how arms and ammunition were being smuggled out of the Army's 3 Corp HQ based in Dimapur. Even dynamites and explosives meant... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Boy, 15, Shoots and Kills 13yr-old Fellow Student at Indian School
BBC News
4 January 2008
A schoolboy has been shot dead by a fellow student at a school in India's Madhya Pradesh state, police say. The two boys, one aged 15 and the other 13, were students of a village school in Satna district. The older boy has been taken into custody, police say. He used his father's locally made crude gun in the assault, police said. Last month, a 14-year-old boy was shot dead by two classmates at a school near Delhi.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
School Shootings Are 'An American Phenomenon India Can Do Without'
Daily Pioneer, Column
21 December 2007
Though the words have differed, at the heart of the reaction of a number of people to the recent killing of a schoolboy in Gurgaon has been the feeling: This is an American phenomenon we can do without. The feeling rests on an assumption that is partly true. The incidents of campus shootings that have hit the headlines the world over have mostly been from the US. It would, however, be wrong to assume that this is due to something unique... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Doctors Pressure Police to Allow Hidden Handguns in Hospitals
Siasat Daily (Hyderabad)
17 December 2007
HYDERABAD -- Armed with over 300 applications seeking gun licenses, junior doctors on Sunday met Additional Commissioner of Police N. V. Surendra Babu at the police commissioner's office here. After submitting the applications, the junior doctors informed that they had little faith in the system and they needed weapons for their protection in the wake of the increasing number of attacks on them. "He promised us to deal... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Police Unravel Tale of Handgun Used by Schoolboy Killers
Express India
17 December 2007
GURGAON -- While Azad Yadav, father of the main accused in the Euro International School shootout, was sent to 14 days in judicial custody, the Gurgaon police have turned their focus to locating Azad's friend RS Dalal, reportedly the owner of the gun used in the murder of a teenage student. According to Satheesh Balan, DCP, South, "Yadav has told us that he knew nothing of the incident and that the gun used was his friend's whom... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
In Wake of Schoolboy Shooting, Indian District Curbs Rush to Own Guns
India Post (USA)
17 December 2007
GURGAON -- Shaken by last week's school shooting involving 14-year-olds, the district authorities have decided to make the rules for procuring arms licenses tougher with its annual numbers increasing three-fold since 2000. "From now onwards, firearm licenses will be issued to limited persons who need the weapons dearly. Property dealers and particularly the youth would be avoided," District Magistrate Rakesh Gupta said. He... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, India
Shooting of Indian Students at Louisiana College Sparks Concerns at Home
Hindustan Times (Delhi), Opinion
17 December 2007
The murder of Chandrasekhar Reddy and Kiran Kumar, the two Indian Louisiana State University students, last week near Governor Bobby Jindal's city Baton Rouge has left both Americans and Indians shocked. The FBI has joined the investigation, but there is no indication yet regarding the motive for the murders. This gory incident may well rattle all those in India who have children in American campuses. Viewed in conjunction with the Virginia... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Licensed Indian Gun Owner 'Taught Son to Shoot' Before School Killing
Times of India
16 December 2007
GURGAON -- The Gurgaon school shooting case took an intriguing turn on Saturday with cops claiming that a resident of the victim's village had told them that he had seen Azad Singh Yadav, the father of one of the accused children, teaching his son how to use a firearm. Earlier in the day, Yadav was sent to a day in police custody by a city court. The new claim has made the cops examine if Azad was party to any criminal conspiracy... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Killer Schoolboy's Father Denies Owning Handgun Used in Shooting
Indo-Asian News Service
14 December 2007
NEW DELHI -- Azad Yadav, on the run since Tuesday when his son allegedly shot dead his classmate Abhishek Tyagi at a school in Gurgaon, has denied owning the gun that was used in the crime even as police urged the media to help nab him. Yadav told a private news channel on Friday that the .32 bore US-make revolver belonged to a state official. The Gurgaon police on Thursday included his name in the first information report... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Boys Steal Dad's Legal Handgun, Shoot & Kill Fellow 14yr-old Student
BBC News
11 December 2007
A schoolboy has been shot dead by two fellow students at a school campus near the Indian capital Delhi, police say. The 14-year-old was killed instantly after being fired on at the private Euro International school in the suburb of Gurgaon, police said. Gurgaon police commissioner Mahendra Lal told the BBC that two boys had been taken into custody. Incidents of gun crime at schools and colleges in India are very... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
4 Motorists Shot Before Indian Army Thinks to Build Walls at Rifle Range
Times of India (Bangalore)
13 November 2007
BANGALORE -- Breathe easy! Your chances of being injured by a stray bullet while riding on the Intermediate Ring Road between Koramangala and Airport Road will reduce drastically. The Army has sanctioned a 'baffle range' to be built in the Iblur Army Camp to strengthen the rings of security, and thus prevent injuries caused by stray bullets. In the past four years, four persons have been injured on this stretch. The construction... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Assam's Illegal Gun Makers Run 'Thriving' Firearm Manufacturing Industry
India Times / Times Now TV
11 November 2007
The manufacture of country-made guns is an illegal industry that is thriving in the jungles of Assam and has turned into a cottage industry here, finding a market from poachers to militants. As part of a special investigation, TIMES NOW followed a dirt track through Assam's Barpeta district to a jungle hideout. What looked a picnic tent, but was in fact a workshop for country-made guns. Two men were busy at work crafting some deadly... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Running, Home Made Firearms Fuel Expanding Indian Gun Culture
CNN-IBN (India)
30 October 2007
NEW DELHI -- On October 25, 2007 two businessmen were shot dead by unidentified attackers at Mansarovar Park in Delhi. Then on October 18, a 30-year-old woman was shot dead by a young man in Ashok Vihar. In Delhi's chronicles of crime, guns play a central role. And many of them are illegal. In 2005, more than 34 people were shot dead by firearms, 22 of the weapons used were unlicensed. Delhi's gun licensing authority... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Engineer Jailed for Trying to Carry Pistol, Ammo on Domestic Flight
Times of India
9 October 2007
LUCKNOW -- The police had a tough time dealing with Pradeep Kumar, an assistant engineer who was arrested with a country-made pistol while trying to board a Delhi-bound flight from Lucknow on Sunday evening. The man kept changing his version during interrogation. An intelligence input received last week that a hijacker may board a plane from Lucknow's Amausi airport during the weekend made the cops suspect Kumar as the culprit.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Insurance Industry Touts Gun Cover as Firearm Owners Multiply
Economic Times (India) / TNN
23 September 2007
If you have a raging romance with Walther P99s, Beretta AR-70 /90s, Smith & Wesson .357s and the likes, go ahead and take aim. But before you get trigger-happy, spare a thought -- does your prized possession have an appropriate cover? For those not in the know, gun insurance is a policy which takes care of not only your guns, air pistols and other firearms but also provides protection against other liabilities arising due to some... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Headmaster's Gun Kills Girl: In Uttar Pradesh, 35% of Teachers Carry Guns
Express India (Lucknow)
19 September 2007
FAIZABAD -- In trigger-happy Uttar Pradesh, the rising trend of gun-toting teachers claimed a life today. In Garauli, Faizabad district, 16-year-old Sunita, student of Class IX at Shahid Ahmad Inter College, died on Tuesday as her headmaster's gun misfired. Raghuraj Pratap Singh had forgotten to unload the double-barrelled gun, which he had loaded the day before. In the social science class, he had kept it on a bench, with... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Shootings by Licensed Gun Owners Become Bane of Mumbai Police
Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai)
13 September 2007
With the rise in the number of cases where people with licenced guns have resorted to firing, the short-staffed Mumbai police have a new problem to grapple with. The police have woken up to the fact that once a gun licence is issued to an applicant after duly checking his antecedents, it becomes difficult to monitor him and his gun. Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration), Hemant Karkare pointed out that though a... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nepal, India
Nepal, India Urged to Do More to Curb 'Out of Control' Gun Smuggling
IRIN (UN News)
2 September 2007
KATHMANDU -- Activists and human rights campaigners in Nepal believe the government and political parties could do more to control small arms, which continue to maim and kill innocent people. "The flow of small arms is out of control and the government has failed to do anything. Arms continue to pose a huge threat to most civilians," arms control activist Bishnu Upreti told IRIN on 30 August. In 2007 over 135 people were... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India's Civilian Gun Arsenal Ranks Second in World: Only USA Has More
DaijiWorld / Rediff
30 August 2007
NEW DELHI -- This news may come shocking. A report released by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies says India is the second most heavily armed country in the world. The United States comes first. With an estimated 46 million firearms outside law-enforcement agencies and the military, India has the world's second-largest civilian gun arsenal. But this represents just four guns per 100 people. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian High Court Orders Urgent Probe of Illegal Gun Manufacture, Trafficking
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
29 August 2007
Taking a serious view of proliferation of illegal firearms, the Allahabad High Court has directed the state DGP to file a reply, giving details about the factories or other units manufacturing illicit arms and ammunition which have been unearthed in the last three years. The HC also directed the DGP to mention the number of accused who had been found in possession of illegal arms in the past one year and the progress of investigations... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Mumbai Police Charge 'Gun Runner' With Selling Uttar Pradesh Handguns
Times of India
26 August 2007
MUMBAI -- A gun-runner from Uttar Pradesh was arrested from Andheri (W) on Friday with over 10 firearms and ammunition in his possession. Officials said Kantaprasad Mishra (39) had brought the weapons to Mumbai to sell them at a higher rate. "Our officers received a tip-off that a man was to arrive with a large quantity of weapons at around 1.15 pm at the junction of SV road and VP road at Andheri. The man, later identified as Mishra,... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Bollywood Star Sanjay Dutt Jailed 6yrs for Gun Possession, Suddenly Bailed
International Herald Tribune / AP
20 August 2007
NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court released Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt on bail Monday, citing a technicality weeks after he was sentenced to six years for illegally possessing guns tied to the 1993 Mumbai bombings, Dutt's lawyer said. Dutt received bail because the Mumbai court that convicted him had not yet provided him with a copy of his sentence, said his lawyer, Surender Singh. Five other people convicted in the same case were... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, China
People's Gun AK-47 Begat Mao's Type 56 Assault Rifle, Sprayed the World
Times of India
5 August 2007
The name is Kalashnikov. Sixty years ago, Mikhail Kalashnikov, the lost son of a rich farmer was swallowed by a Siberian gulag. Then he found his calling and became a Soviet patriot by putting together eight pieces of hard wood and strong metal pipes in such a way that they could spit 600 bullets in a minute and reduce an army of men to a bloodied pulp of flesh and bones in seconds. Since then Kalashnikov's automatic, and its many offspring,... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Movie Star Gets 6 Years' Jail for Possessing Guns With Terrorist Link
New York Times
1 August 2007
NEW DELHI -- One of Bollywood's best-loved film stars was sentenced Tuesday in a Mumbai courtroom to six years in prison for illegally possessing weapons, a judgment hailed by critics and supporters of India's judiciary as a strong, if unusual, example of its willingness to stand up to the country's rich and powerful. The actor Sanjay Dutt arriving Tuesday at a court in Mumbai, India, where he was sentenced to six years for illegally... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Gun Owners Protest Low Quality, High Cost, Booming Black Market
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
22 July 2007
NEW DELHI -- Last year, when Delhi-based businessman Aman Dhamija managed to get a gun licence after months of running around, he couldn't believe his luck. Given the tedious gun licence procurement procedure, he was almost certain that his request would be turned down. Seven months on, the man who has got both the licence and the gun, is still frustrated. "In the last seven months, I have taken the weapon to the workshop three... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Bangalore 'Embracing Gun Culture,' Big City Shootouts Common - Police
DaijiWorld / NewIndPress
20 July 2007
BANGALORE -- Three high profile shootout cases in just six months is yet another reminder that the city is embracing the gun culture. Most of these shootouts involved old rivalry, financial dealings and property disputes and most victims were well-to-do people. While some cases still remain unsolved, the city police seem complacent about the cases, which they dismiss as 'stray'. The most recent shootout took place in the East Division.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Smuggling Trends Prompt India's Support for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Zee News (India)
14 July 2007
NEW DELHI -- Expressing concern over smuggling of small weapons used for unleashing violence and causing bloodshed, Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Saturday favoured India signing a convention to restrict free flow of such arms. "This has to be looked into positively," Patil said at a question answer session at the end of his lecture on 'India of my dreams'. Patil was responding to a question on the danger of small arms... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Widows of Gun Victims Support Week of Action on Global Gun Trade
Kangla Online / Imphal Free Press (Manipur)
17 June 2007
IMPHAL -- Death can come in any form and it always create a fear psychosis since it is the end of a life. When a person dies due to prolonged illness, there is still time to spend some time together. But when a bullet kills, a precious life ends abruptly. Remembering the abruptness with which her husband's life was ended, Ngangom Jamuna, 35, said, "The lost of a husband and a father cannot be compensated in any way. I have experienced... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Violence: Tales of Shattered Families, Hope, Aspiration in India
Sangai Express (Manipur)
16 June 2007
IMPHAL -- The only moments when married women and their children regale themselves enjoying the bliss of existence, it is said, is while they are under the protective care of their husbands and fathers. But in Manipur, many women and children are living under the gloomy shadow of exigencies of life encountering numerous difficulties each passing day after their beloved husbands or fathers fell victims of the prevailing culture of... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Use Soars in India, With Tenfold Increase in Bogus Firearm Licences
CNN-IBN
8 June 2007
NEW DELHI -- Tiny north-eastern state Nagaland has emerged as a hub for issuing small arms licenses at a time when the use of small arms for private protection and as a status symbol has become a fashion in almost every part of the country. The state issued 15,550 arms licenses between 1990 and 2005, out of which as many as 5,200 were meant for residents of other states. These bogus gun licenses, easily available in Nagaland, are... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Range of Illegal Handguns, Ammo 'Easily Available' in India's Capital City
CNN-IBN
7 June 2007
NEW DELHI -- How easy is it to procure an illegal weapon in the Capital? CNN-IBN Special Investigation Team found a few people ready to sell them a 9mm pistol, a lethal weapon that only the police is licensed to use. The team met Raman, from Maujpur Gonda village, who says guns are easily available on the outskirts of Delhi. "Aadmi maze mein chala deta hai lekin baad mein sazaa bhugatni padti hai peeche tak pure parivaar... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
In India's Uttar Pradesh, Guns Bring Violence, Murder, Extortion and Votes
BBC News
8 May 2007
GORAKHPUR, Uttar Pradesh -- As India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh holds the last and seventh phase of assembly elections on Tuesday, one startling fact that has emerged is the large number of candidates with criminal cases against them. It's nine in the morning and a dozen men sit on wooden benches in a shed covered by a roof of hay and clay tiles, held up by bamboo poles. As Hari Shankar Tiwari steps out, the... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Gun Enthusiasts' Leader Envies Africans, Who 'Can Shoot Anything'
Times of India News Network
5 May 2007
In this series, we cover unusual groups that are bound by a common passion. This week, Sharmila Ganesan meets a society of armed Indians On April 16, when a sullen English literature student named Cho Seung-Hui shot dead over 30 students and teachers at Virginia Tech, a scattered network of Indians silently cursed him for very personal reasons. Cho had given people like them a bad name. They went to the net and wrote passionate... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India's Lawless Uttar Pradesh Closes 130 Gun Shops for Election Period
International News (Karachi)
15 April 2007
KANPUR -- Customers usually come from far and wide to buy rifles and shotguns from the dozens of tiny shops clustered in a bazaar in the ramshackle town of Kanpur, the gun capital of India's Uttar Pradesh state. But business has stopped. Arms sales have been banned as the country's largest state -- infamous for lawlessness -- holds month-long polls under heavy security, halting one of the area's most profitable sectors. "This... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Moves to Recover 10,000 Missing Firearms in Licensing Clean Up
Financial Express (India)
3 April 2007
The caretaker government (CG) has adopted measures to trace and recover about 10,000 missing firearms, reports bdnews24.com. Meanwhile, possessors of around 2,500 pistols and revolvers have been traced and legal proceedings will soon be drawn against them under the Arms Act, a Home Ministry source said. The government first noticed the anomalies in the firearms statements during 'Operation Clean Heart' launched by the then... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Officers, NCOs Charged With Selling Army Ammunition to Criminals
Tribune (Chandigarh)
1 April 2007
CHANDIGARH -- Two colonels and a junior commissioned officer (JCO) are to be tried by general court martial (GCM) for alleged misappropriation of ammunition worth about Rs 20 lakh while their respective units were deployed in the Kargil sector over the past few years. The said misappropriation came to light when large quantities of small-arms ammunition was found on the banks of the Indus near Dah in Jammu and Kashmir on August... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Traditional, But Heavy .303 Rifle On Its Way Out for Andhra Pradesh Police
Times of India
19 March 2007
HYDERABAD -- The giant-sized .303 rifle, synonymous with the Andhra Pradesh police, will gradually phase out. For, the police department intends replacing it with self-loading rifles (SLR) and INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) assault rifles. Once the AP Special Police and Armed Reserve Police are done with replacing the traditional rifles, other police stations will follow suit. Police personnel feel that as .303 rifles... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Illegal Gun Makers Hire More Staff as Indian Election Boom Time Approaches
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
3 March 2007
KANPUR/LUCKNOW -- It's a busy time for the illegal gun manufacturers in the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Across both states, makers of small firearms are upgrading machinery and hiring more staff to meet a spurt in demand for cheap weapons from politicians and criminals before the UP assembly election, scheduled to start from April 7. "We are always flooded with orders," said Sughar Singh Rajput, who has been making handguns... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Israel
Israeli Tavor-21 Assault Rifle Enters Service With Indian Special Forces
Defense Industry Daily
26 February 2007
In late 2002, India signed a Rs. 880 million (about $20 million) deal with Israel Military Industries for 3,070 TAR-21 Tavor assault rifles, a new bullpup design developed for use by the Israeli Defense Forces. The Israelis had just selected the compact Tavor over the Colt M4/M16 as its next-generation assault rifle, and the compact new weapons would be issued to India's special forces personnel, where its ergonomics, reliability in heat... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Trade in Legal Private Guns Closely Regulated, in the Doldrums
Rediff News / Business Standard (India)
24 February 2007
On a recent visit to Munger, a small town in Bihar, my cabbie, speaking in a thick Bihari accent, decided to play guide, "Munger has one of the biggest gun factories in India, and guns are easily available here," he pointed out matter-of-factly. But forget Munger, what about the rest of the country? If one has to buy a licensed firearm, what are the choices and what are the prices? While a majority of arms dealers are tightlipped... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Pervasive, Feudal Indian Gun Culture on Show in Uttar Pradesh Elections
Times Now TV (India)
23 February 2007
"Official records show there are eight lakh forty thousand licensed weapons in Uttar Pradesh. This includes 360 carbines. It's a very serious matter," said Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar in a speech, voicing concern about the 8.4 lakh licensed guns in the state. Now, those concerns can no longer be taken lightly. In the run up to the UP assembly elections, armed men -- possibly with licensed guns -- outside offices of political... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Despite Tight Gun Laws and Licensing, Illegal Firearms Proliferate in India
Hindustan Times
5 February 2007
MUMBAI -- Think you need a gun? You are not alone. A total of 924 Mumbaikars applied for a firearm permit last year. Averaging more than two applications per day. But that doesn't mean that they all had their wish fulfilled. Licences are only issued to those who can prove a definite threat to their life, have to protect property or crops, or wish to keep family weapons as heirlooms after the owner has died. Those who meet the above... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Turmoil in India's North-east Assam Fuelled by Illegal Gun Trade
Islamic Republic News Agency
27 January 2007
NEW DELHI -- As India's northeastern Assam reels under terrorist attacks, experts have blamed the burgeoning illegal arms trade in the region as one of the major factors behind the situation in that state. "Illegal arms trade is one of the reasons behind the current turmoil in the north-east as a whole. Apart from the other steps, we also need to check this menace," says Lt General B S Malik, president of the Arms Control Foundation... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Licensed Indian Gun Owners Surrender Their Weapons During Elections
Daily India / ANI
22 January 2007
TARN TARAN -- To ensure free and fair Assembly elections in the state, the authorities in Punjab have directed all private licensed fire arms owners to deposit them to their respective arms dealer or to their area's police station. According to a standard routine across the country, all private arms have to surrender temporarily, ahead of polls to ensure free and fair polling. And, following the directive, the licensed gun owners... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Inquiry After Prominent Indian Industrialist Found With Gun on Air India Flight
Times of India
20 January 2007
MUMBAI -- The civil aviation ministry has ordered a high-level probe into the incident involving industrialist Nusli Wadia being detained at Dubai airport on January 13 for carrying an undeclared revolver and live cartridges in his baggage. The firearm and cartridges were discovered when Wadia, promoter of budget carrier GoAir and chairperson of Bombay Dyeing, reached Dubai from Mumbai on an Air India flight. Taking serious... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, United Arab Emirates
Influential Airline Chairman Caught Carrying Gun, Bullets on Air India Flight
BBC News
19 January 2007
DELHI -- Aviation chiefs in India have launched an enquiry after a prominent industrialist checked-in a pistol and bullets on an international flight. The businessman is a grandson of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah. The Indian national carrier, Air India, has removed at least one official as a result of the security breach. The officials was alleged to have been present at the time the lapse occurred, and... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Supreme Court Grills 'Gun Craze' MP Over His Illegal Arsenal
CNN / IBN
8 January 2007
NEW DELHI -- Controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP from Siwan, Mohammad Shahabuddin, has no reason to be happy. The Supreme Court on Monday slammed Shahabuddin, who is seeking bail in a case related to the possession of arms and ammunition. News agency PTI quoted the decision of the SC which said the case was not a normal case of keeping firearms. "There was a telescopic device, bulletproof jackets etc,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Hyderabad Police to Train Gun Owners, Insist on Firearm Accountability
CNN-IBN
29 December 2006
HYDERABAD -- Owning a gun with a legal license might have been an easy task for many in Hyderabad. However, it's not going to be that easy anymore. Hyderbad police has decided to put a check on the people holding a gun license and those using it. In a startling revelation, police found out that out of the 5,000 gun licence holders, around 300 can't be traced. They have been issued show-cause notices to renew licences. "We... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Gun Culture 'Part and Parcel' of Indian Politics: Where Do We Put a Stop?
Times Now TV (Mumbai), Editorial
7 December 2006
Even as the nation watches members of Parliament being convicted for murder, abduction and corruption -- the gun culture in politics is very much alive. The latest one to flout his power and the law is Madhya Pradesh BJP's Narendra Singh Tomar. Trigger happy workers A welcome for the new BJP president in Madhya Pradesh had the guns going off in quick succession. A many gun salute to express the joy of... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Policeman's Son Arrested for Renting Guns to Criminal Gangs
Hindustan Times (Bihar)
16 November 2006
PATNA -- Want to hire sophisticated arms at a nominal charge? If yes, then contact Lakshman, son of a police official posted in Saran. He provides latest weapons on rent, ranging from 9 mm pistols to AK-47 assault rifles. The fact came to light following the arrest of Lakshman, himself an aspirant for the post of sub-inspector. The police recovered a cache of arms, including nine pistols and a bag containing live bombs and explosives... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Teacher Carries a Rifle to School Classroom Each Day
Telegu Portal / IANS
19 October 2006
MIRZAPUR, Bihar -- Gauri Shankar Singh, a schoolteacher in this Bihar village, carries a unique object besides his books to the classroom -- a gun that he says he keeps for his protection. Called "bandukwale sir" (gun-toting teacher) by students of the primary-cum-middle school in Mirzapur village in Sitamarhi district, Singh, in his early 40s, says he has received death threats from criminals. "Time and again they have... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Family Vendetta Has Indian Teacher Carrying Gun to Classroom
Daily News & Analysis / PTI
18 October 2006
SITAMARHI -- Watching the well-built and mustachioed Gaurishanker Singh pacing towards a village primary school in this district leads to trepidation among many onlookers, particularly those whose wards are studying there. The reason -- a rifle slung across his shoulder. The "teacher" settles down nonchalantly on a seat in his classroom, but not his students. He begins to take the roll call, with the .315 calibre rifle resting besides... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Vows to Work for Conventional Disarmament, Put Curbs on Gun Trade
Hindustan Times (Delhi) / IANS
18 October 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- India has vowed to work towards steady progress in the areas of conventional disarmament as small arms and light weapons directly affect a large mass of people in conventional conflicts. If the entire spectrum of weaponry that is the focus of disarmament and arms control measures was to be placed within a pyramid, it would have a three-tiered structure, Indian delegate Anil Basu said in a UN General Assembly committee... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Control Arms Campaign Urges India to Support UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Peninsula (Qatar) / Reuters
21 September 2006
NEW DELHI -- A flourishing illegal trade in firearms is fuelling a myriad of conflicts in India and the South Asian region, and the government in New Delhi needs to take a leading role in stamping it out, Oxfam said yesterday. The British aid agency, along with Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms, is campaigning for a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and said India would stand to benefit immensely.... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, World
Eminent Indians Denounce Global Gun Trade, Call for Arms Trade Treaty
Hindu (India)
15 September 2006
NEW DELHI -- Eminent personalities from different walks of life have called for a global arms trade treaty (ATT) that would help curb uncontrolled transfer of arms between countries for non-defence use. They were speaking at a function organised here on Wednesday to mark the global day of action on Control Arms Campaign that seeks to put pressure on the governments to come together and sign the ATT at the forthcoming United Nations... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Awash With Illicit Guns: 6000 Indians Die Each Year by Gunshot
Times of India, Editorial
15 September 2006
There's a weapon for every 10 people on earth, and two bullets per person, enough to kill us twice over. And that is leaving out weapons of mass destruction, or the arsenals that are at the disposal of government armed forces. UP alone has more illicit small weapons than there are licensed ones in Britain. According to Oxfam and Control Arms Foundation of India, over 6,000 people are killed annually with small arms in India. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Trigger Happy: 40 Million Guns in India, Group Says Controls Are Needed
CNN-IBN (India)
15 September 2006
NEW DELHI -- Abhijeet Singh is a software professional who works with Open Source Programs -- a software that's open to everyone to use without restrictions. He's also part of a growing group which wants the same freedom to extend to something totally different -- guns. "If you're mugged on a street, will you tell the muggers -- 'Wait, let me just call the police' -- and then go to them and continue getting mugged?" Singh... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
New Indian-made Assault Rifles Already Falling Into Hands of Gangsters
Times of India (Lucknow)
3 September 2006
LUCKNOW -- The Uttar Pradesh police may still be awaiting replacement of their pre-Independence .303 rifles with state-of-the-art INSAS (Indian National Small Arms System), but this desi version of an AK-47 has already reached the private armoury of gangsters and probably also Maoists. What has set alarm bells ringing is the fact that the weapon has already landed with the underworld despite its limited production only by the Ishapore... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Bangladesh, China
Indian Gangsters Use Chinese Handguns Smuggled Through Bangladesh
Daily News & Advertiser (Mumbai)
1 September 2006
KOLKATA -- After consumer goods, cheap Chinese small arms like pistols and revolvers smuggled across the Bangladesh border have begun to find many takers among gangsters. So much so that the West Bengal police believe that these Chinese small arms smuggled into the state through the Bangladesh border at Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district have replaced the traditional home made single or two-shooter pistols or 'pipe guns' that... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Military Police Implicated in Theft of AK-47s from Armoury
Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai)
29 August 2006
PATNA -- The sentries who were guarding the Bihar Military Police (BMP) armoury at Muzaffarpur when five assault rifles were stolen will be subjected to a lie-detector test, a top Bihar police official said on Tuesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 20 sentries were posted at the armoury when the theft was detected on August 27. "All these sentries will be subjected to a lie-detector test and if... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Ban Gun Sales to Combatants, Join Arms Trade Treaty, Oxfam Urges India
Times of India
28 August 2006
Every year, 5,00,000 people are killed in gun violence across the world. Eighty per cent of the victims are women and children. The Control Arms campaign, a global movement involving the IANSA, Oxfam and Amnesty International, is mooting a global arms treaty that will toughen up controls on the arms trade. Binalakshmi Nepram, Oxfam's South Asia advisor on the Control Arms campaign, tells Sindhu Manjesh that every government... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
'Tiresome Procedures' Waived for Hidden Handgun Permits in Lucknow
Express India (Lucknow)
7 August 2006
LUCKNOW -- Taking note of the sensational murder of petrol pump owner Agast Kumar Agarwal, the Lucknow District Magistrate Ramendra Tripathi directed Special Superintendent of Police G K Goswami that businessman seeking gun licences in the city be granted at the earliest. Tripathi has deputed Goswami to streamline the procedures and conduct the necessary background checks personally. It is expected that the industrialists... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Police Arrested Trying to Sell Service Guns to Kashmir Militants
BBC News
31 July 2006
JAMMU -- Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have arrested three officers and a civilian for trying to sell arms from the police armoury to militants. Jammu region's senior superintendent of police, Manohar Singh, told the BBC that members of Lashkar-e-Toiba paid about $4,500 (£2,400) for the weapons. The militants had asked the four suspects to obtain five rifles and ammunition from the armoury, he said. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Medical Association Promotes Guns for Doctors Fearing Kidnap
Gulf News (Dubai) / IANS
30 July 2006
AGRA -- Faced with increasing threats from kidnappers, doctors in Agra will undergo training of a different kind learning the use of firearms for self-defence. The doctors will spend more time at the shooting range than in their clinics when a programme drawn up by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is implemented early next month. After a spate of abductions by criminal gangs, the doctors have been holding emergency... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Handguns in India: Status Symbols or Necessity, Fake Licences Abound
Times of India
25 July 2006
AHMEDABAD/RAJKOT -- Gun licences may be status symbols for the wealthy. But for others, they are a basic requirement to eke out a living. People, who want a job as gunmen with security agencies, seem to go to any extent to obtain such licences, including faking them. In the recently exposed racket in Vadodara, three persons were caught with fake gun licences which they had obtained from Nalbari district in Assam. A... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Gurus, Swamis Carry Registered Handguns to Defend Their Temples
Times of India
19 July 2006
VADODARA-SURAT-AHMEDABAD -- When 15 armed assailants broke into the Shri Bhakti Niketan ashram in Anand run by Swami Sachidanand, they perhaps never would have expected this Godman to pull out a.32 bore Webley and Scott and fire at them. But this is exactly what quick-gun Sachidanand did. Not only did he fire at them but reportedly also managed to injure one of them. He is one of the many swamis in Gujarat, who may be preaching... ( gunpolicy.org )
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