STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: To fill up needs and growing lust, organised crime is increasing in different format. It may be in the shape of corruption, land grabbing, drug abuse and some time lured towards militancy. This was stated by said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader and Member Legislative Council (MLC), Advocate Ramesh Arora in a press conference, here on Saturday.
“We need to put a check and control over such organised crime and it can be controlled by the sincere and concrete efforts of government with the active cooperation of public in general,” he said.
“In Jammu and Kashmir, we have traced a new type of organised crime where some persons give assurance to the persons serving in different wings of forces coming from different parts of the country and other public by cheating them on the assurance of getting armed license for them and sometime on the pretext that they will procure weapon from different dealers,” Arora mentioned.
There is a well knit group of persons, who are acting self-style arm license agents and it may be possible that some authorised dealers of arms are involved in this nexus, which require strong action against them, Arora said.
“Even my phone number was given to few and some calls are coming from time to time, asking reason for delay or asking about the status of gun license or weapon. This has brought to my mind that some criminals are misusing my contact number,” he disclosed.
“This matter is of serious concern has been taken up with Deputy Commissioner and Director General of Police by me and have asked them to take strong action against the persons involved in organised crime of extracting money in the name of selling of arms and procuring armed licenses for them,” he informed.
Arora asked the Director General of Police, by sending few numbers from where phone calls were received, that such elements who have distributed his number should be taken to task.
“We cannot allow innocent persons forced to give their hard earned money to so called license provider and arms seller in State as license is valid throughout India,” he declared.
Arora appealed to the general public especially persons serving in different forces coming from outside the State that they should not get attracted by so-called arm sellers.
“We should approach directly to Dy. Commissioner to get arm license or get weapon form authorised shop or can approach Home Department as per requirement because no one in public or person otherwise has authority to issue license,” he said and asked the police and administration to track all and make end to this type of organised crime of money extraction from the soldiers or persons belonging to paramilitary forces and others.
