IMPHAL, Jan 25: As a preventive measure to maintain law and order ahead of the January 28 assembly elections, the district magistrate of Thoubal, K Radhakumar has ordered licensed gun holders in the district who have not deposited their weapons so far to surrender them along with their licenses to the nearest police stations immediately. The district administration has warned that it will soon begin process for cancellation of the licenses of the defaulters. So far, only 122 of the 758 licensed gun holders in the district have heeded the order to deposite their weapons.
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