Palakkad boy becomes youngest arms licence holder
The Hindu
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A 14-year-old boy from Palakkad has become the youngest person in the country to possess an arms licence for sports purposes, according to India Book of Records. Kannan M., a student of Government Higher Secondary School, Parali, was granted an arms licence by the District Magistrate in January this year. India Book of Records recognized him as the youngest in the country to possess an arms licence for sports purposes. His licence entitles him to handle a 0.22 caliber Pardini sports pistol for five years and to possess 15,000 cartridges at a time and 30,000 during a year.
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