SENT TO 10-DAY POLICE CUSTODY

SRINAGAR: A special CBI court on Wednesday sent two former district magistrates of Kupwara arrested in connection with illegal arms licenses case to 10 days police custody.

The CBI had registered a case on the consent of J&K government and central government in 2018 and taken over from the state police the case.

On Sunday, a special crime branch of the CBI had sought one-day transit remand of one of the accused Rajiv Ranjan from the duty magistrate in Chandigarh.

Valley. They made J&K arms licenses by using fake stamps and seals.

The chargesheet indicates that a Udaipur man, involved in the business of arms, filed a complaint on August 30, 2017, about Mohammad Zuber, 27, alleging that he was the kingpin of a fake licence racket and offered people a package of fake licence and weapon. During investigation, ATS found that some fake licences in the name of army personnel. Army personnel can get an arms licence from any district they are posted in without a verification. For ordinary people, the arms licence application is processed only after the local police verify that they are residents of the place and have no criminal cases against them.

The charge sheet shows that Zuber made fake licences with the help of Vishal Ahuja of Vishal Arms Corporation (in Abohar district of Punjab), and Rahul Grover of Jammu and Kashmir.

After a licence was made, Zuber bought weapons from Mohammad Zafar of Messrs Wali Gun Shop in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh.

Zuber and others supplied fake licences and weapons bought on them to various districts of Rajasthan, Mehsana and Patan districts of Gujarat, Mandsaur, Ratlam and other districts of Madhya Pradesh.