Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam cancelled more than 100 gun licences as weapon licence holders had not submitted Know Your Customer (KYC) forms to the SDM office on due date. Following this, large number of gun holders witnessed in the SDM office for submitting for submitting their KYC form on Friday.
City Magistrate GC Gunwant said that following the direction of Ministry of Home, Government of India, the information regarding weapon licenses of people in the district has to be stored through computerisation. Despite repeated directions and information disseminated in notices through different mediums, the license holders were not taking any interest in filling and depositing KYC forms. He appealed the weapon license holders to fill KYC form and deposit it the office concerned.
Gun license clerk Ajay Singh said that licenses are cancelled in case the persons concerned fail to provide complete information like gun license issue data and its expiry date, gun’s category and its type, gun license number, gun holder’s postal address and other related information sought in the KYC form. Around 100 weapon licences of residents of Vasant Vihar were cancelled by the district officer while around 50 licenses in Patelnagar were also cancelled. After collecting KYC form from the applicants, these forms are verified by the police department.