INDORE: Gun licence of 112 people, who failed to deposit their firearms during the model code of conduct, have been cancelled by district administration while the police have also seized weapons from nine licence holders for violating the set rules."As per the official records, the district administration has issued 9359 gun licenses. Of them, 1224 licence holders, including government officials and bank security personnel were exempted from deposing their weapons due to various reasons," ASP police headquarters Manisha Pathak Soni told TOI.She added that in the report compiled after receiving police station-wise data of those who failed to deposit their licenced firearms despite repeated notices, the number reached to 112 people."The police station in charge recommended district collector to cancel licence of such firearms as the licensee were not traced to their address and phone number mentioned in the records", Soni said.The collector has cancelled all 112 gun licences. "The firearms holders, whose licence have been cancelled, are believed to have moved out to different cities or abroad since they failed to act on the order. We will launch a drive to trace them, while action under section 188 of IPC for violating section 144 of CrPC will be taken against them," Soni said.The ASP said that the police had also confiscated nine firearms from the holders for violating the rules.Police said, the firearms deposited at respective police stations will be released after the model code of conduct will be revoked. However, they will be asked to deposit the weapons after model code of conduct will be enforced for Lok Sabha polls , which is expected in April next year.

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