: Sunday, July 25, 2021, 8:31 AM IST
J&K arms licence scam: Several district magistrates in CBI net for issuing over 2.8lakh illegal permits
The arms licence racket was first unearthed by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan Police in 2017
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Srinagar: Several district magistrates in Jammu and Kashmir in collusion with arms dealers had issued illegal gun licences going back as far as 2012, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Saturday as part of their probe into an arms licence racket.
Over 2.78 lakh illegal gun licences have been issued by district magistrates for money, the agency said, in what is believed to be India s biggest arms licence scam.
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