TN Police reaches out to tribals seeking surrender of country made guns
The Hindu
Tiruvannamalai district police is reaching out to the tribals offering a general amnesty if they surrender their illegal weapons.
In a special gesture, the Tiruvannamalai district police is reaching out to the tribals in Jawadhu Hills seeking voluntary surrender of their country made guns to the police. In return, a general amnesty will be given to those who surrender their weapons. This message was conveyed to a group of 11 heads of village panchayats from the hills at the interactive session held at the Jamunamarathur police station in Tiruvannamalai. A week’s time has been given for the village elders to discuss the amnesty offer with their residents and to convince those residents who are in possession of such country made guns to surrender their arms. Interestingly, the district police have also made it clear that such surrender of weapons can be done at common places like temples, or through common people, and it does not need to be a direct surrender to the police so that their identity is also not exposed. "We have given time to the village heads to discuss the issue of illegal guns with their residents and get back to us. If they don't surrender voluntarily, then we will have to do door-to-door search for such weapons in the hills," A. Pavan Kumar Reddy, Superintendent of Police (SP), Tiruvannamalai, told The Hindu.More Related News