Ahead of the Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh, Bhind District Police launched an initiative whereby bullets are stamped with Quick Response (QR) codes to easily trace the shooter and control the use of guns, an official told me.
Of the 28 state assembly seats where by-elections would take place on November 3, Bhind district has two constituencies among the 16 in the Gwalior-Chambal region.
The winding ravines of Chambal were once a haunt of happy dacoits like Malkhan Singh and Paan Singh Tomar. “Bandit Queen” Phoolan Devi had also found refuge in these areas.
Even now, the area is infamous for being known for having happy people.
Speaking to the news agency, District Police Superintendent Manoj Kumar Singh said: “Bhind has witnessed around 150 murders in the past five years, most of them having been committed with illegal weapons “.
In the last assembly elections, the district witnessed thwarted violence and attempted rigging, police sources told News Agency.
“Therefore, before the by-elections, the police asked more than 22,000 firearms license holders in the district to come forward and have the bullet casings printed with QR codes,” he said. he declares.
“The initiative started this week and stamping a QR code costs only one paisa per turn. It contains information about the gun license holder, which the police can trace almost instantly,” he added.
Responding to a question, Mr. Singh said the bullet coding exercise was underway not only in view of future bypasses when the guns are turned over to the police, but to keep “gun culture” under control. good.
“If someone shoots a bullet stamped with a QR code even from a domestically made weapon, we can hit the shooter because the empty bullet holster will provide all the details,” he said.
When asked if this exercise would have an impact on Bhind, where hardened criminals acquire guns and bullets from countries from different places, Singh said his aim was to reduce the prevailing gun culture. In the region.
Mr Singh said there was a tendency to register bogus cases in Bhind.
“If someone is shot, in his complaint he names innocent people with whom he wants to settle old scores. But thanks to the QR code, we can easily know the weapon from which the bullet was fired. as well as its owner, “he said.
“The coding will not leave room for an injured person to involve innocent people who have no connection with an attack on him,” he added.(Agencies)