Fake Gun License Racket. Kerala police arrest 5 men of Rajouri district.

SHYAM SOOD
RAJOURI SEPTEMBER 02:–Five men reportedly residents of Kotranka sub district in Rajouri district have been arrested by the Kerala police from Thiruvananthapuram city for possessing guns without valid permits/licenses.
The Kerala police have also seized their five guns along with rounds. As per reports all five were working as security guards with an ATM cash filling agency based in Thiruvananthapuram city.
As per media reports, the arrested persons have been identified as Mushtaq Hussain, Mohammed Javed, Shokat Ali, Gulshan & Shakoor.
Media reports said that initially, the Kerala police had investigated the case after a complaint lodged by an unidentified person.
During the investigation the Kerala police contacted Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Rajouri in the month of August, as per media reports, and sought details about the persons and the arms licenses issued to them.
After ADM’s report that the details sought about the licenses didn’t match with the records available at Rajouri (in DM’s office), the Kerala police arrested all five.
“Recently Kerala police had contacted for the verification of the licenses seized from some arrested persons. Seized licenses were not issued from Rajouri ( details not available in the official records),we have informed the Kerala police” said Sachin Dev Singh, Additional DC.
From where they managed the licenses is a matter of an investigation by the Kerala police, he added.
This case seems to be another case of fake gun license racket and, as per media report, Central agencies have also started the investigation.