Anyone found guilty will not be spared: Antony on BBC report

NEW DELHI: Amidst media investigations alleging that peacekeepers from Indian Army were embroiled in gold and ivory smuggling and giving arms to militias in Congo, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said, "anyone found guilty will not be spared."

The allegations, Antony said were being probed by UN investigators.

His remarks came in the wake of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) last night alleging that peacekeepers from India and Pakistan smuggled gold, ivory and gave arms to militias fighting in eastern Congo.

The BBC alleged that UN had covered up claims that it's troops in Democratic Republic of Congo had indulged in these activities, claiming it had new eye-witness accounts to refute UN claims that no weapon transfers had taken place.

"We are awaiting the UN report on these charges," Antony said when asked for his comments on the issue on the sidelines of a function here.