My name is Nick and i belong to a small town in Punjab.
As the heading says, I am one of the many whose arms license applications have been rejected at the very first step, which is Police verification. Before everything, I would like to share my whole story to give you guys a head start, as well as clear picture of chain of events happened in last couple of months.
Where I live, a few months ago, an alleged daylight robbery and assault occurred. We overpowered the robbers with the help of people present. After that police been called Fir launched .So on that account i felt a urge to apply My arms license.
The license was applied for and after some weeks passing, I went to check on the progress on my application. Babu said to go check with the police station of the area. I satisfied the Reporting/investigation officer with the paperwork and everything else, and he said come after one week and see another official, who checked for my criminal background. Apparently, I have not had any. He said, all done you can go now. I'll send it further to be marked by an approving official.
Today I came to understand some bad news, that the approving official marked my file not recommended.
So i immediately ran to the station to have a word with the him and after the conversation,
I felt humiliated and harassed by the way they spoke to me. I was very confident with that robbery incident in my hand, but that approving official just blew it away by saying it was minor crime and I need at least intimidation/threats from a terrorist group to be valid under the Life in danger category.
O my god i was shocked and shattered
Some told me that i should have pulled the strings and called in favors.
Dear seniors, I am in no need of any of these. All i need is the right path and guidance to fight and get which is actually a right of mine. Below I am drawing some points where i need your attention the most.
1) I know that according to our constitution i have a Right to Keep and Bear an arm which cannot be denied by imaginary and bogus reasons by LA and Babus. Thx to many threads/posts here at IFG. Also read the Arms Act
2) What i don't know is how and where to file and RTI and the right format/Questions so that they could not give evasive answers.
3) Should I wait for the file to get back to LA and then File RTI?
4) Did I make a mistake not to attach the FIR copy of that robbery incident, as I was under the impression that my words would count there? The officials would be aware of this because it happened in their area and they were the ones who took the thieves to the same police station.
Regards
Nick
P.S. Downloaded the NaGRi form.First thing first tomorrow going to be a member of the movement and support the cause.
Dear IFGns: I have edited this post heavily, because our new member truly included the "whole story." It is possible that, had the whole story been left in this post, vindictive officials would have recognized him and his case and taken steps to ensure that he would never succeed in getting his license. Those of us who have been here awhile know very well that such things occur: Officials do read IFG and they do apply their own whims and ideas to individual cases, based on what they read here.
You should all make sure that your posts are so phrased that you cannot be identified by the details of your stories, when posting about these kinds of issues. What we are about here is no game and no society of old geezers gossiping and swapping lies around a warm stove somewhere. This site is concerned with serious business: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms in India. Have fun, but please be careful and use caution in your posts.
Please help our member Nick out here, if you have constructive and valid ideas that may help him.
Thank you,
the moderator
