Morena (MP), Sep 24 (PTI) Authorities in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday suspended the arms licences of 282 people facing criminal cases, mandating them to surrender their weapons to the police, officials said.

This is for the first time in the district that such a large number of arms licences have been suspended, they said.

Morena district collector Ankit Asthana said the Superintendent of Police prepared a list of 411 licenced arms holders, against whom criminal cases were either registered or were being heard in courts.

On the recommendation of the SP, the district magistrate court issued show-cause notices to these persons in the district, he said.

Of these, only 129 submitted orders of acquittal for the offences mentioned against them, Asthana said.

"So, the arms

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