AccordIng to the agency, it collected documents during these searches in Delhi and districts in J&K including Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, Rajouri, Anantnag and Baramulla. More than 2.78 lakh arms licences were issued to non-entitled persons, the CBI claimed. It was also alleged that the persons who got these licences were not residents of the places from where the said arms licences were issued,” a CBI statement said. Of the 36,000 licences issued in Udhampur between 2012-16, only 1,500 odd (less than 4%) issued under my tenure. It had claimed these searches had led to recovery of documents related to fraudulent issuance of gun licences, including bank statements.

Source: Indian Express July 24, 2021 22:18 UTC