Lagatar24 Desk
In the fake gun license case, the CBI on Tuesday conducted a search operation at 14 locations in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. During this, the house of Baseer Ahmed Khan, former IAS officer and advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, was also searched. He was relieved from the post of advisor to Lieutenant Governor Moanoj Sinha a week ago.
“ The raids are being carried at his residence for his alleged role in a fake gun license racket,” said the officials.
About 3 months ago, by conducting a search operation in Kashmir, raids were conducted at 40 locations simultaneously. During this, the house of two senior IAS officers Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary and Neeraj Kumar was also searched. Both were accused of being involved in the issue of 2 lakh fake gun licenses.
According to government data, Jammu and Kashmir is at the top in the country in terms of issuing gun licenses. The highest number of arms licenses were issued here from 2018 to 2020. In these two years, 22,805 licenses were issued across the country, out of which 18,000 were issued in J&K alone. That is, 81% of the country’s licenses were distributed in Jammu Kashmir only.
