The Court clarified that authorities can order the licence holders to their deposit firearms in case valid reasons exist, after passing specific orders.
A police team is collecting footage from the CCTV installed in the area where the incident took place and four police teams have been formed to trace the assailants.
Ajay Gudavarthy writes: One may not want to dismiss the popular mood of support for extra-judicial violence but that cannot be an excuse to accept the dominant narrative. Any analysis of the use of encounters must raise questions about their effectiveness.
Replying to the SP chief, a senior police official said a preliminary probe indicates that the head of the family killed the others before dying by suicide.