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Several arms licence holders successful the cardinal portion person deposited their weapons to the constabulary successful presumption of the Assembly predetermination adjacent month. The weapons person been deposited to the respective jurisdictional constabulary presumption / licensed armoury barring those identified nether the exempted categories.
Police sources said they had a implicit database of persons holding arms with licence successful the respective districts. The surrender of weapons began to instrumentality spot anticipating the upcoming Assembly predetermination and successful the tally up to the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct that came into unit each implicit the State connected Sunday evening.
In Tiruchi City Police limits, the full fig of licensed arms holders are astir 270. Barring those who person been identified nether the exempted categories, the remaining arms licence holders person deposited their respective weapons to the jurisdictional constabulary presumption acrophobic in Tiruchi City Police limits, said constabulary sources.
The Tiruchi City Police, headed by the Commissioner of Police, successful the fertile of Inspector- General of Police consists of 14 constabulary stations. There are arms licence holders successful the immense limits of the Tiruchi Rural Police which is headed by the Superintendent of Police.
The Tiruchi District Election Officer and the District Collector V. Saravanan successful a property merchandise connected Sunday asked licenced arms holders successful Tiruchi Rural and City limits to deposit their weapons wrong 7 days either to the jurisdictional constabulary presumption acrophobic oregon successful the licenced armoury and get an acknowledgement receipt successful presumption of the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct barring those who person been exempted by the Screening Committee.
In Mayiladuthurai district, the fig of those holding arms licences are 129. Of them, 95 licence holders person deposited their weapons to the jurisdictional constabulary presumption portion 4 others person deposited successful the armoury. The remaining licence holders person submitted petitions to the Screening Committee seeking exemption.
The sources said the screening committee headed by District Collector and the Superintendent of Police arsenic the subordinate successful the territory determine those nether the exempted categories. Such exempted categories includes those providing information for banks and currency guards.
In Thanjavur district, the fig of arms licence holders is 572 of which 500 of them person deposited successful the respective jurisdictional constabulary station, the sources said. The deposited weapons would beryllium returned to the respective owners aft the withdrawal of the Model Code of Conduct.
