19,345 licensed weapons deposited

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So far, 19,345 licensed weapons have been deposited in Madhya Pradesh since promulgation of model code of conduct. Besides, 10 illegal firearms have been seized and licenses of 59 weapons have been cancelled.

At least 240 unlicensed weapons including 27 in only Indore district have been seized. Due to strictness of police, 22 kg explosives have been seized (in Balaghat district). Similarly, 46 live cartridges have been seized. As many as 20 live cartridges have been seized in Gwalior district alone.

Non-bailable warrants are being served in all districts of the state. During last 3 days, 2,913 non-bailable warrants have been issued. Action has been taken against 489 persons under sections 107/116 of CRPC.

Following promulgation of model code of conduct, all districts have been directed to ensure its strict compliance. Illegal liquor has also been seized in raids during last 3 days. Both illegal country and foreign liquors have been seized. In Bhopal zone, 46 bottles of foreign liquor and 174 litre country liquor, Narmadapuram zone 19 bottles of foreign liquor and 127 litre country liquor, Gwalir zone 49 bottles of foreign liquor and 676 litre country liquor, Chambal zone 17 bottles of foreign liquor and 929 litre country liquor, Indore zone 210 bottles of foreign liquor and 1452 litre country liquor, Ujjain zone 105 bottles of foreign liquor and 3056 litre country liquor, Jabalpur zone 50 bottles of foreign liquor and 835 litre country liquor, Sagar zone 36 bottles of foreign liquor and 395 litre country liquor, Rewa zone 249 bottles of foreign liquor and 272 litre country liquor, Shahdol zone 6 bottles of foreign liquor and 141 litre country liquor and 2 bottles of foreign liquor and 101 litre country liquor were seized in Balaghat zone.

Under section 151 of CRPC, 129 cases have been registered in Bhopal zone, 48 Hoshangabad, 99 Gwalior, 53 Chambal, 240 Indore, 218 Ujjain, 181 Jabalpur, 105 Sagar, 76 Rewa, 15 Shahdol and 17 cases have been registered in Balaghat zone. Similarly, under section 107 of CRPC, 1355 cases have been registered in Bhopal zone, 670 Hoshangabad zone, 969 Gwalior zone, 980 Chambal zone, 1253 Indore zone, 974 Ujjain zone, 1266 Jabalpur zone, 1012 Sagar zone, 979 Rewa zone, 289 Shahdol zone and 205 cases have been registered in Balaghat zone. Under section 110 of CRPC, 110 cases have been registered in Bhopal zone, 60 Hoshangabad zone, 232 Gwalior zone, 167 Chambal zone, 360 Indore zone, 256 Ujjain zone, 199 Jabalpur zone, 171 Sagar zone, 75 Rewa zone, 37 Shahdol zone and 17 cases have been registered in Balaghat zone.

Cases under NSA have also been registered in some districts. Of these, one case was registered in Gwalior, 17 in Datia, 9 Indore, 2 Jhabua, one Ratlam, 4 Mandsaur, 10 Seoni, one Sagar and one case was registered in Rewa.

Young voters Due to process of inclusion of voters names in electoral rolls in Madhya Pradesh, names of 23.22 lakh voters in the 18-19 years age group have been included. Besides, the number of voters between 20 and 29 years has reached 1.40 crore. So far, mobile numbers of 88.76 lakh voters have been collected. Voters will be sent SMS through mobile to vote before start of polling. Work of inclusion of voters names in electoral rolls has been completed 100 per cent. Similarly, almost entire work of issuing voters’ ID cards has also been completed.

Names of 3.37 lakh voters have been included in electoral rolls sinceJuly 24 last. Similarly, names of 3.25 lakh voters have been removed from electoral rolls. Similarly, names of 7.82 lakh have been corrected and names of 45 thousand 274 voters who transferred to other constituencies have been included in electoral rolls. Work to include photographs in electoral rolls in the final stage.

Total 59 voters’ photographs have remained to be included in electoral rolls of including 10 voters in Guna, Shahdol one, Narsinghpur 26, Khandwa 10 and Indore 9 voters.

Errors have remained to be removed from 12 thousand 367 duplicate ID cards including 1278 in Morena district, 980 in Shivpuri, 1057 in Sagar, 1196 in Raisen and 1615 ID cards in Indore district.

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