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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Muslim leaders submit memorandum to JPC member Imran Masood against Waqf Bill
Jaipur (PTI): A delegation of Muslim leaders associated with the Congress met party MP Imran Masood, who is a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, in Ajmer on Sunday and submitted a memorandum against the provisions of the bill.
The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 8 and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate. The 31-member panel will submit its report by the next session of Parliament.
While the government has asserted that the proposed law did not intend to interfere with the functioning of mosques, the opposition called it targeting of Muslims and an attack on the Constitution.
The delegation of Muslim leaders met Masood, who was on a visit to Ajmer, and said the members of the community are opposed to the amendments because Waqf is a religious matter of the Muslims.
"We will not allow the government to interfere in our religious matters. The Constitution allows us to function according to our religion. The truth is that the government's intentions are not right," stated the memorandum addressed to the JPC's head Jagdambika Pal.
"Waqf is a completely religious matter and interference in it will not be right," it said.
The delegation included Ghulam Mustafa Chishti, Muzaffar Bharti, Rab Nawaz Jafri, Manzoor Ali, Ashraf Buland Khan, Ajmat Khan and Wahid Mohammad.
