Licensed gun owners asked to deposit firearms
Source: Chronicle News Service / R Lester Makang
Imphal, November 01 2021:
The Ukhrul district magistrate has directed all the owners of licensed guns to deposit their firearms to the nearest police station.
The move came after the Secretariat Home Department on October 25 directed all the district magistrates to issue suitable notifications to cause deposit of all licensed guns to the police stations concerned at the earliest.
The directive was issued in the interest of maintaining law and order in the context of the forthcoming State Legislative Assembly Election, 2022.Ukhrul district magistrate Krishna Kumar cautioned in an order that in case of failing to comply with the order, a licensed gun holder is liable to be punished for violation of State Government instruction under the relevant provision Arms Act, 1959 read with Arms Rules, 2016 .