435 Forged Gun Licenses Recovered from Gun-house Owner in Jammu, Police Says

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday said it recovered 435 forged gun licenses from a gun-house owner in Gadigarh Jammu.

“During intervening night an was information received through reliable source that one person namely Tirath Singh R/O Gadigarh who owns Gun houses has kept forged gun licence in his newly under-construction building at Gadigarh near Harward college,” reads a media statement, as per news agency GNS.

“The police spokesman further stated that in this regard FIR No 177/2024 U/S 318(4), 339, 336, 340(2), 61(2) BNS was registered at P/S Satwari, and investigation set into motion.”

“Based on this input, the raid was conducted in the presence of a magistrate at the building and a bag containing 435 gun licences was recovered along with some other documents,” reads the statement, adding, “further investigation is underway.”