Tuesday, August 25, 2009

South Sikkim Arms licences suspended before bypoll

Gangtok,August24: The licences of all arms in South district of Sikkim were suspened under the provisions of Arms Act, 1959, till the end of bye-poll for Namchi-Singhithang assembly seat, an official order said today.

The owners of firearms have been directed to deposit their arms licences, arms and ammunition to the nearest police station, it said.

The arms licences issued to the banks in South Sikkim have been kept out of the purview of this directive, the order said