Nine guns in gift wrap seized from illegal arms supplier

Guterres has previously maintained that his good offices are available only if both sides ask for it. India insists that the Kashmir issue is an internal matter and there is no need for third-party mediation.

Responding to a question on the situation in Kashmir, Dujarric said the UN chief has called and will continue to call for “the situation to be resolved through dialogue and that any solution be rooted in the respect for human rights of the people who live in Kashmir. So, that continues to be his position”. The statement comes weeks after Pakistan, at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), attempted to drum up support of the international community and asked US President Donald Trump to mediate on the Kashmir dispute.

An Indian delegation has hit out at Pakistan for making “baseless and unsubstantiated allegations” against it at the UN and said that Islamabad was wasting the time of the world body by repeatedly raising the Kashmir issue. “…I would like to note that Pakistan has once again made a number of baseless and unsubstantiated allegations against India which are not borne out of facts. This Committee is aware of India’s responsible conduct in abiding by its international obligations,” Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Anjani Kumar, said during a General Assembly First Committee debate on Conventional Weapons.

“I will refrain from engaging further on this issue so as not to waste any more time of this committee,” Kumar said after the Pakistani delegation accused New Delhi of using cluster munitions in J&K.

When we unwrapped the gift box, we found nine illegal guns and a dozen bullets neatly packed inside.

ANTO ALPHONSE, DCP (Dwarka)

NEW DELHI: An alleged arms supplier has been arrested with illegal guns and ammunition he had hidden in a box packed as a Diwali gift in west Delhi’s Dwarka, police said on Friday.

When surrounded by police, the 27-year-old man opened fire. The bullet hit a constable in his bullet-proof vest, but the man was quickly overpowered, Anto Alphonse, deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka), said. “When we unwrapped the gift box, we found nine illegal guns and a dozen bullets neatly packed inside,” the DCP said.

The DCP identified the arrested man as Gulfam, a resident of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh. Son of a man who works at a sugarcane mill in his home town, Gulfam had worked as a teacher for a few months at a school owned by his brother, before he gave up teaching.

“A few months ago, Gulfam came across a man name Kundan at a social gathering. He convinced Gulfam to supply illegal weapons to Delhi in return for good money,” said the DCP.

For his latest trip to Delhi, Gulfam was allegedly paid R50,000. “The weapons were to be delivered to members of the Nandu gang. The receivers would arrive at Golf Link Road in

Dwarka Sector 23 Thursday night,” the DCP said.

A police team lay in wait until Gulfam allegedly arrived at the spot, a large bag in his hand. “He loitered around for 10 minutes and was about to leave on not finding his receiver when we surrounded him. Finding himself cornered, the man fired a round at us, hitting a constable in his bullet-proof vest. The constable shot back in self-defence, but no one was hurt in the exchange of fire,” said the DCP.

Once Gulfam was pinned down, the police searched his bag to find the gift-wrapped box inside which the illegal guns were placed, said the DCP.

“Since the Diwali period sees lots of exchange of gifts, Gulfam had thought it was the safest way to smuggle weapons without arousing any suspicion,” said the DCP.

The officer said Gulfam holds a masters’ degree in political science from a college in Uttar Pradesh.