Top Jammu And Kashmir Bureaucrats Under Scanner In 'fake Arms License Scam'; Call Intercepts Indicate Officers Directly In Touch With Gun Syndicates

India’s biggest gun-running scandal is waiting to explode into a massive controversy, and may throw up the names of certain high profile individuals and senior Jammu and Kashmir state government officials. As the investigation is proceeding in the matter, several individuals in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have filed for anticipatory bail fearing arrest.

Sources told Firstpost that the entire scam was carried out at two levels within the state machinery of Jammu and Kashmir — district-level officials including district collectors and other senior officers of the state home department. So far the investigation has primarily focussed on officers from district level, however, the role of state home department manned by senior IAS officers cannot be ruled out. Word is that top bureaucrats, too, were involved in facilitating the validation of license across the whole country; however, the probe still remains at the preliminary stages.

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