Question : SMUGGLING OF ARMS

(a) whether some insiders within the Army are smuggling arms out of the arsenal;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether any inquiry has been conducted in the matter;

(d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof;

(e) the action taken by the Government against the officials found guilty; and

(f) the steps the Government has taken to check smuggling of arms?

MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI A.K. ANTONY)

(a) to (f): As per reports received from the Army, no such incident has come to notice in recent times.