News Delhi Delhi: Two arms smugglers arrested in Badarpur, 10 semi-automatic pistols recovered

Delhi: Two arms smugglers arrested in Badarpur, 10 semi-automatic pistols recovered

The arrest commenced when an alert sounded in Delhi in the wake of a threat made by the US-based Khalistani supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to Parliament.

Delhi Police Special Cell arrests two accused Image Source : REPRESENTATIONAL PICDelhi Police Special Cell arrests two accused

The Delhi Police Special Cell arrested two arms smugglers and recovered 10 semi-automatic pistols from them, said the official on Thursday.

They were arrested from MB Road, Badarpur, Delhi, he added.

Delhi Police on alert after banned outfit threatens to attack Parliament

 
Meanwhile, the development came amid alert in the national capital after the US-based Khalistani supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun released a video message threatening to "shake the very foundation of Parliament" on December 13 -- the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament.
 
A senior Delhi police officer said security has already been stepped up in and around Parliament.
 
"No one will be allowed to disturb law and order," he said.
 
"When Parliament is on, we remain alert. We are taking all precautionary measures to prevent any untoward incident," the officer said adding that security has also been beefed up in entire Delhi.
 
In the video, which also had a photo of the 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the chief of the proscribed organisation Sikhs for Justice claimed that the Narendra Modi government tried to kill him and threatened to respond on December 13.