CBI Information Chargesheets Towards 15 in Unlawful Gun License Case

SRINAGAR: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reportedly filed two chargesheets in opposition to 15 accused within the Court docket of Particular Choose, CBI Instances, Srinagar, as a part of an ongoing investigation right into a case associated to the issuance of a lot of firearms licenses in Jammu and Kashmir to ineligible people, violating guidelines between 2012 and 2016.

A spokesperson in an announcement stated, “The case was registered by the CBI in 2018 on the request of the then State Authorities of Jammu and Kashmir. Moreover, the matter was transferred to the CBI by a notification from the Division of Personnel and Coaching (DoPT), Authorities of India, for investigating FIR No.18 of 2018 dated 17.05.2018, which was registered by the Vigilance Organisation Kashmir (VOK). The case pertains to the issuance of a lot of arms licenses to ineligible individuals with out due course of throughout the interval of 2012 to 2016.”

“One of many chargesheets was filed beneath varied sections of the RPC, PC Act and Arms Act in opposition to ten accused, together with the then District Justice of the Peace of Kupwara, 4 gun home sellers, and a intermediary. One other chargesheet was filed beneath related sections in opposition to the then ADM of Kupwara and 4 others, together with a gun home supplier and middlemen for the issuance of a lot of such licenses to ineligible individuals,” the assertion stated.

The investigation revealed the nexus between the Licensing Authority/District Justice of the Peace and middlemen and different gun home sellers. “In furtherance of the prison conspiracy, the gun home sellers enticed defence personnel posted in distant components of the nation and obtained their arms licenses illegally from the Kupwara district, regardless of these personnel not being residents of the State or posted within the district, with out police verification. Allegedly, unlawful gratification per license was sought and picked up by the gun home sellers and middlemen, the assertion stated.”

The issuance of a lot of arms licenses in a bordering district like Kupwara in an unlawful method to ineligible individuals is a matter of grave concern and poses a severe menace to regulation and order and public security, it stated, including that additional investigation is ongoing.