Jammu, Sept. 25 -- Despite clear directions from the Ministry of Home Affairs to renew arms licenses online, manually renewed licenses are in circulation in clear violation of the Arms Act.
Sources told Early Times that agents are allegedly getting these licenses renewed manually and it looks like a part of big nexus.
Before 2017 arms license used to get renewed manually but after digitalization of arms record, it was made mandatory to get the arms licence of every individual renewed through an online process thereby manual renewal was termed invalid.
Some snapshots of renewed arms licenses in possession of Early Times clearly indicate that that these were renewed manually instead of following the online procedure in Jammu region.
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