Police recover 435 fake gun licences in Jammu, probe on

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Police have busted a racket of forged gun licences in Jammu and recovered 435 of them, officials said on Wednesday.

A tip-off was received about Tirath Singh, who owns several gun houses in Jammu, allegedly storing fake gun licenses in an under-construction building, a police spokesperson said.

Based on the input, the police raided the building at Gadigarh near Harward college and a bag containing 435 forged gun licences was recovered along with some other documents, he said.

A case was registered at the Satwari Police Station in the matter and and investigation set into motion, he added.

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