Police have recovered LMG, AK 47, SLR, INSAD and Calibre.303 Rifles and other weapons were recovered in the Chhattisgarh Naxals encounter, in which 31 Naxals were killed by the security personnel.
In a major boost to the firepower of soldiers, the Indian Army will get 70,000 more Sig Sauer assault rifles which will be given to troops deployed in counterterrorism operations and other duties.
The Delhi Police has arrested two persons, including a Nepali resident for stealing an Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) Rifle of Nagaland Armed Police Battalion personnel, the police said on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference here, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Bathinda, Gulneet Khurana said that the gunner Desai Mohan had on "sustained interrogation" confessed to stealing an INSAS rifle and to killing four of his colleagues.
According to sources all entry gates of the Army Cantonment in Bathinda have been closed. They said that one Insas rifle with 28 cartridges had gone missing about two days ago and some army personnel may be behind this incident.
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): A corporal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot himself with the Insas rifle issued to him and died at the Air Force Station, Bawana.
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): At a time when terrorist groups operating in India are likely to get weapons left behind by American troops in Afghanistan, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a deal for acquiring 70,000 AK-103 assault rifles from Russia under emergency provisions to
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 30 (ANI): One INSAS rifle and a pistol have been recovered from the terrorists killed in the encounter with security forces in Waghama area of Anantnag, Chinar Corps, Indian Army said on Tuesday.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 12 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a petition, seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case related to 25 INSAS rifles and 12,061 live cartridges missing from the Special Armed Police Battalion (SAPB) in Thiruvananthapur
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): Principal Secretary of Home Guard Anil Kumar on Friday inaugurated a two-day workshop for Gazetted Officers of Home Guard Department to train them in hi-tech modern weaponry.