DC Ravikumar Issues Order to Deposit Guns at Police Stations: Farmers Exempted From Rule

The DK Deputy Commissioner Ravikumar has issued an order to deposit arms, weapons & guns at the nearest police station or arms dealers, in the wake of the upcoming Assembly election. The tahsildars of various taluks had drawn the attention of the Deputy Commissioner towards the request made by the farmers having gun license to exempt them from the rule as it would cause inconvenience to them. But the DC said there is no relaxation in the rule for those who have gun license for self-protection purposes and added that as per rule they have to hand over the arms to the nearest police station or dealer.

The DC has now exempted farmers who have availed gun license to protect their crops from wild animals, from depositing their weapons at the nearest police station.