The petition, filed by a erstwhile worker of the DC bureau Tarn Taran, highlights the alleged nexus betwixt fake licences and mafias, including cause cartels. (File Photo)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Tarn Taran, Punjab, to taxable a elaborate reply successful effect to a petition alleging the issuance of thousands of fake arms licences successful the territory implicit the past 8-10 years.
The petition, filed by a erstwhile worker of the DC bureau Tarn Taran, highlights the alleged nexus betwixt fake licences and mafias, including cause cartels. Through his counsels, Anil Pal Singh Shergill and Manoj Verma, the petitioner argued that the contented poses a important menace to Punjab’s and the nation’s security. Despite the enactment of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), nary study has been filed, prompting ineligible intervention.
The petitioner referenced a July 22, 2024, bid by the DC Tarn Taran, which acknowledged concerns raised by the district’s SSP regarding the wide usage of fake firearm licences. The DC had formed a committee to analyse assorted services availed utilizing these licences, specified arsenic renewals, permissions for limb sales, bore modifications, and cartridge oregon jurisdiction extensions. The bid instructed the committee to taxable a elaborate study wrong a month, emphasising the gravity of the matter.
The petition besides pointed to aggregate FIRs registered by Punjab Police concerning fake arms licences and called for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe to guarantee impartiality. It further sought the suspension of each arms licences issued successful Tarn Taran pending verification of their authenticity.
During Thursday’s proceeding earlier the part seat of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal, CBI counsel Advocate Ravi Gupta referred to a Supreme Court judgement connected a akin substance wherever a committee was constituted. However, the petitioner’s counsel maintained that the contiguous lawsuit pertained to a chiseled issue.
The seat directed a para-wise effect to the petition and sought compliance with the DC’s July bid forming the probe committee. The substance has been adjourned to December 17.