3.54 lakh licensed arms — 91% of all in Punjab — deposited: EC

Similarly, the enforcement wings have recovered psychotropic substances amounting to Rs 44.49 crore besides confiscating unaccounted cash of Rs 16 lakhs, he added.

Meanwhile, 27 without licence weapons were also seized in the state. Raju said that some of the persons having licensed weapons including security personnel at nationalised/private banks and other persons facing security issues will have to approach the Deputy Commissioner for any genuine exemptions and complaint redressal.

The Chief Electoral Officer revealed that as many as 1,088 vulnerable hamlets have been identified. Besides this, 2,376 persons have been identified as probable sources of trouble, he said, adding that out of these persons preventive action had already been initiated against 1,129 persons while the remaining would also be brought to book.

He also informed that from a security point of view 725 persons have been bound down under preventive sections of CrPC.

According to Raju, as many as 2,221 cases of non-bailable warrants have been executed, while execution in 191 cases is under process. As many as 6,339 nakas are operational across the State, he added.