The District Administration Offices of the zone had recently issued a public notice as per the Arms and Ammunition Act 1962 urging the civilians to submit their licensed weapons to the police with immediate effect. [break]
According to the notice, no one except the security personnel can handle arms and ammunition from the date of the filing candidacy till seven days after the election results are out.
However, out of the 442 licensed registered weapons in Nawalparasi district, only 57 weapons have been submitted to the police so far, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sanjeev Sharma.
“We will wait for a few more days for the people to submit their weapons voluntarily. A meeting of the District Security Committee would shortly come up with a strategy to withdraw the weapons if all of them would not hand over the firearms voluntarily,” DSP Sharma added.
Of 1,300 licensed firearms in Rupandehi district, only 98 units have been submitted to the police.
Likewise, merely 48 licensed firearms have been voluntarily submitted to the police in Kapilvastu, 184 in Arghakhachi, 78 in Gulmi, and 91 in Palpa so far, according to the Zonal Police Office.
The police office further informed that it would now devise a strategy to forcibly collect the remaining licensed firearms as well as those illegally possessed by the civilians and criminal groups.
Meanwhile, the police have also beefed up security along the Nepal-India border in the view of the election slated for November 19.
The Zonal Police Office has deployed security personnel in civvies along the border areas to check illegal activities.
Meanwhile, three Indian robbers - Radhe Yadav, Ramakanta yadav aka Baga, and Chumban Yadav - who were terrorizing people in the border areas, have surrender to the police in Nawalparasi.
Related story
Over 34,000 licensed firearms possessed by public
