India, June 14 -- In a major action against firearm licence holders, Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissioner Vinay Kumar Choubey on Saturday cancelled the firearm licences of 15 individuals and rejected 68 applications for new licences as part of a stringent review aimed at preventing misuse of weapons.

According to the commissionerate, the action was taken following a comprehensive scrutiny of existing licence holders and fresh applicants.

Five licence holders - Mayur Kaluram Bhoir (30) of Hinjawadi, Subhash Bhikaji Sapkal (70) of New Sangvi, Vijay Namdev Lande (48) of Bhosari, Sahil Rajendra Dhamale (32) of Dehugaon and Shantaram Dattatraya Chavan (41) of Ambethan - were found to have allegedly misused their weapons and were involved in ...