A group of fisherwomen tried to gherao the residence of Mr.P.Chidambaram, the Hon’ble Union Minister of Home in Nungambakkam, Chennai with a view to conveying their annoyance on the arrest and/or killing of their husbands and brothers on the sea-waters between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese Navy from time to time. It is quite disheartening to note the way in which the Tamil Fishermen are being tortured and done to death or taken prisoners by the neighbouring countrymen ruthlessly whereas the Central Government and the State Government find themselves unable to contain this menace successfully so far. Looking to the inability of the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard, the women folk of the Fishermen community are forced to seek the State’s help for self protection by providing Fire Arms License. The same demand has been put up by Mr.Palaya Nedumaran a well wisher of the Fishermen community.
The author as the District Magistrate of Sagar (during 1979-82) provided self protection, by sanctioning a license to purchase and hold a fire-arm, to a Teacher in Sir Harisingh Gaur University of Sagar in Central India, while he was attacked by students at his residence in the night because of his effective invigilation duty in the examination hall. Similarly the Forest Guards of Damoh District in Sagar Revenue Division (during the period 1990-92) were helped when they looked helpless and powerless while confronting the poachers with bamboo sticks in the forest areas by providing them fire-arm licenses to procure double barrel/single barrel guns out of their General Provident Fund with the help of the District Collector and the Divisional Forest Officer. The same practice was recommended and approved by the Principal Secretary of Forest Department for similar efforts in the State of Madhya Pradesh.
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