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Rush to deposit licensed arms

By Staff Correspondent
The rush lo deposit 11 censed firearms at the District Commissioner's office In the capital tremendously increased In the past three days.
A total of 1550 licensed firearms were examined by the Magistrates on duty al the DCs office during last three days while only 107 were deposited on the first three days, accord Ing lo officials.
The Magistrates al the DC s office withheld 28 firearms out of the total number deposited during the last three days as the papers were found unsalls factory while the rest given back to the owners, a Magistrate on duty told The Dally Star Wednesday
In the Initial announcement. the government ordered licensed firearms holders lo deposit all arms between January 2 to 15 at the DCs offices all over the country. It was said that the licences found satisfactorily up-dated, would be returned after the expiry of the last dale.
Following a public oulcry over the long delay tn the procedure, another announcement was made January 5 saying that the licensed firearms found properly up dated would be returned immediately after the examination of the papers.
The maximum rush was witnessed Wednesday as 842 licensed firearms were brought into the DC s office of the day. Following the stupendous rush of licensed firearms
holders on the day another room was opened and seven more Magistrates were en-
In examining licences and firearms while ten Magistrates were engagid tn a single room lo do the job ear Iler, officials Mid.
The Magistrates on duly al the DCs office have so far given back lo the owners 291 revolvers, 163 pistols, 209 ri fks, 433 douote barrel guns and 433 single barrel guns after examining the papers aixl kept 2? revolvers. 14 pistol^ 11 rifles, 30 double barrel guns and 50 single barrel guns at the DCs outee. officials said.
Out of the firearms deposited al ths DCs office 107 were kept wllnout examination on the first three days follow ing the first announcement of the government while the rest were deposited as the papers were unsatisfactory, officials said.
A Magistrate at the DCs office said that all of the 135 deposited licensed firearms would be examined and reexamined at the end of the programme and the firearms found unquestionable would be returned to the owners, he added.
Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka K M Nazmul Alam Siddiqui told The Dally Star" the presence of the licensed firearms holders Is satisfactory and it proves that the people are responding to the government.