Yogesh K Porwar
C
ity police commissioner,B.Dayananda on tuesday said that the Gun license granted to Kannada Film Actor Darshan Thoogudeepa has been suspended temporarily .
The gun licensing authority headed by the city police commissioner,had issued a notice to Darshan seeking explanation and the decision was taken after he responded to the notice .
After receiving the response it was decided to suspend the license and asked him to deposit the fire arm at the jurisdictional RR Nagar police station.
The RR Nagar police in December sent a request to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration), seeking cancellation of Darshan’s firearm license citing the reason that the accused involved in a murder case and presently out on bail,has a chance of using the fire arm to threaten the witnesses .
A notice was served to Darshan seeking explanation for which the accused replied that he needed the fire arm for his safety as he is celebrity and visit crowded places.He needed the weapon for his personal safety.
However the explanation was not considered and the request was turned down with a directions to deposit the weapon at the station .
The city police also challenged Darshan medical bail citing technical reasons,which is pending in the supreme court .
