IAS, KAS officers arrested in Jammu and Kashmir gun license issue scam

NEW DELHI: Two former District Magistrates of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara, including an IAS officer, were arrested on Sunday for alleged involvement in the scam in issuing gun licenses in the state for money, the CBI said.

During investigations conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation, “the alleged role of Itrit Hussain Rafiqui (a Kashmir Administrative Service officer) and Rajiv Ranjan, IAS, both posted then-District Magistrates Kupwara, J&K has been surfaced during their tenure as District Magistrates, Kupwara, J&K from the year 2013 to 2015 and from 2015 to 2016 respectively,” an agency statement said. (IANS)

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