Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Friday ordered a mandatory inspection of the shops, premises and stocks of all the gun houses on a quarterly basis across the state.
The Punjab DGP’s Yadav’s order comes close on the heels of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann directing a review of all existing arms licences to check the gun culture in the state. The DGP has issued directions to Inspectors General of Police (IG), Deputy Inspectors General (DIG) o of all ranges, all Police Commissioners and the senior superintendent of police (SSP) in the state.
DGP Yadav directed all the Police Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP) to ensure that Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) and Assistant Commissioners (ACP) mandatorily check the shops, premises and stocks of all gun houses falling in their Sub Divisions every quarter.
Apart from this, the District Superintendent of Police is also required to conduct at least one inspection each year, he added. “Rule 20.14 of Punjab Police Rules, 1934 authorizes Gazetted Officers of the Police to inspect the shops, premises, and stocks of all licensed manufactures and dealers under the Arms Act every quarter,” the official statement reads.