Two gunrunners held in Delhi, 31 pistols seized
New Delhi, June 8: Two gunrunners were arrested and 31 countrymade pistols seized from them, which they intended to supply to criminals in the National Capital Region-Delhi, police said on Friday.
Mohammad Azam Saifi, 52, and his accomplice Akbar, 28, are natives of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, and were arrested during raids in Delhi and Meerut on Tuesday and Thursday.
"Akbar was arrested on a tip-off on Tuesday when he visited east Delhi's Loni flyover area to deliver a consignment of illegal firearms to a contact Akram. Akbar was asked to surrender but he pulled out a pistol in a bid to escape but was overpowered," Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said.
As many as 24 more pistols concealed in a cloth were seized from him.
"Akbar told police that he worked as a courier for a gang led by Saifi who, he said, was a blacksmith and manufactured illegal firearms at his Meerut residence. Police raided Azam's residence and arrested him," Yadav said.
Six countrymade pistols along with a drilling machine and tools used in the manufacture of illegal firearms were seized from Saifi.
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Nainar Nagenthran elected as Tamil Nadu BJP chief
Chennai, Apr 12 (PTI): BJP MLA Nainar Nagenthran was on Saturday elected as president of the party's Tamil Nadu state unit, with outgoing chief K Annamalai declaring that the goal is to oust the ruling DMK from the corridors of power and the path, to be led by Nagenthran, in alliance with the AIADMK is clear.
BJP leader and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, and party national general secretary Tarun Chugh, at a party meeting here, declared Nagenthran duly elected as Tamil Nadu unit president.
Annamalai, in his address, said the goal is to dislodge the 'evil shakthi' the DMK from power in the 2026 Assembly election. Referring to the party joining forces with the AIADMK and with Nagenthran all set to take over as state unit chief, he said the path is also pretty clear and declared that the choice of Nagenthran is unanimous.
