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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | In the ravines of Dholpur, men get licenced guns as dowry by Ashish Mehta & Rajendra Sharma

In the ravines of Dholpur, men get licenced guns as dowry by Ashish Mehta & Rajendra Sharma

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published Published on Nov 15, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 15, 2011

Those living in the ravines of Dholpur love two things the most - their moustaches and arms. Grown up amidst the fear of bandits, people residing in this region say that keeping various arms at home was a 'compulsion' earlier but gradually it has become a 'status symbol' for them. Moving ahead, some of them have no hesitation in gifting arms varying from rifles to pistols to their would be sons-in-law. And that too with a valid licence.

Though the district administration has stopped issuing the arms licence, many still queue in front of the district collectorate to use their "political and bureaucratic" influence to get the licence.

Meanwhile, a delegation of people met parliamentary secretary, GS Malinga, who is also the local MLA from Bari, and asked him to intervene in helping people get arms licence.

"Jawai swam ki aur beti ki raksha karego (the son-in-law will safeguard himself and our daughter)," said a native of Bari village who is running from pillar to post to get an arms license in the name of his would be son-in-law. His daughter is slated to get married on December 5.

Many villagers said that it was in the 80s and 90s, when people were intimidated by dacoits and bandits, that they started giving arms as dowry.

"In a population of around 7 lakh, there are nearly 6,000 armed licences. Dholpur is probably in the list of districts which have maximum arms licence. Thus, in the last one year, we did not issue any licence," said Rahul Prakash, superintendent of police talking to TOI on Monday.

Despite this, some families, in anticipation of getting the arms licence, have postponed the marriages of their daughters. "Hopefully the district administration will respond to our prayers and we will get the licence," said a native of Baseri village.

"In this region, particularly Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli, Dholpur, Morena (MP), Bhind (MP) and Mathura (UP), many are involved in illegal businesses like mining. Illegal mining must be a crime for the police, but for them it is actually their way of life. Thus, I believe that if anybody is queuing up to get an arms licence for his would be son-in-law, then probably that boy is also into illegal mining," said a retired police officer who had spent nearly 10 years of his career in Dholpur.


The Times of India, 15 November, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/In-the-ravines-of-Dholpur-men-get-licenced-guns-as-dowry/articleshow/10732956.cms


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