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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1143309.cms

 

Tips for Nawab saab, the hunter

15 Jun 2005, 2318 hrs IST, Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui, TNN

 

 

LUCKNOW: " UP mein chahe raja ho ya rank, sab ko barabar chhoot hai shikar

karne ki, basharte hiran (shikar) ko koi aetraaz na ho, " (In UP no one

objects to hunting, provided the deer - or any other animal one is hunting -

has no objections). This was how a hunting freak in Lucknow described the

hunting scenario in UP in reference to Salman Khan and Nawab Pataudi’s brush

with law enforcement agencies over the issue.

 

" The bottomline of all such issues is that the locals of the area where one

goes for hunting should be taken into confidence. And, every time there is

any miss on this front, the hunter ends up as a Salman Khan or a Nawab

Pataudi, " he says, wishing to be identified as Farooq. " In Salman Khan’s

case, it was merely because he was a guest of a particular section of the

local populace and had dared to venture into the area which was an unmarked

domain of the other group, " Farooq says, adding: " and even in Pataudi’s

case, it would not be surprising if the entire issue turns out to be a

dispute of territory than poaching - as it is being made out to be. "

 

Playing with the triggers ever since his father took him for the adventure

sport when he was barely as tall as a double barrel gun, Farooq has been on

innumerable " Shikars " and not once had he landed in any problem, he claims.

" For every time we went for a hunt, I made it sure that the villagers had no

objections and this could be done by generously sharing the kill, its hide

and flesh, " Farooq suggests, claiming that this was a tested and proven

policy.

 

" That was the case that led to the arrest of the personal driver of a

minister in Mayawati cabinet in Chinhat area, " Raza recollects. Farooq still

remembers how he was trapped by villagers while returning from a " Shikaar "

and how an additional district magistrate (ADM) who was with them, helped to

steer clear of the crises with the help of the police. About the gadgetry,

Munne Mian of Faizabad reveals: " In UP it’s either a descendent of Zamindar

family in Bara Banki or a mafia-turned-politician of eastern UP who are

known to have night vision telescopic devices since they are expensive. We

generally use search lights for hunting, " he says.For Raza, another veteran

of the game, a good check on black marketing of prohibited bore cartridges

like LG, SG and SSG bores, can also come as an effective deterrent.

 

" There are very few people like sports persons and their ilk who get these

bullets on government quota, at the rate of Rs 2. Bulk purchases through

quotas land in the black market where each bullet fetches anything around Rs

300 easily, " he reveals.

 

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