Jalandhar administration suspends 391 arms licences, issues show-cause notices to 438

JALANDHAR: After instructions from the Punjab government to review arms licences, Jalandhar district administration has suspended 391 licenses and issued show-cause notices to 438 for different reasons.
Deputy Commissioner Jaspreet Singh said that the verification of arms licences would remain in the process.
He said there were around 7,000 arms licenses issued across district of which 391 licenses had been suspended due to different reasons.
The administration has issued show-cause to 438 arms licence holders for not getting their documents renewed well within time.
He said the next course of action would be initiated after receiving their replies on this count.
The deputy commissioner said that according to the directions of the state government, verification of the arms licences was being conducted by the concerned branch and police department in the district.
He appealed to the licence holders to cooperate with the officials so as to accomplish the verification as soon as possible.