The decommissioning of the weapon marks the end of an era
Current Affairs: As the sun unfolded on the Republic Day on Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh police say farewell to legendry British-time .303 rifles after more than 75 years of administration.
The decommissioning of the weapon denotes the finish of a period.
The .303 Rifle, regularly conveyed by cops, was a magazine-sustained jolt activity dreary rifle that filled in as the principle gun utilized by the military powers of the past British Empire. It could shoot each shot in turn after which the barrel should be reloaded by pulling the jolt for the following shot.
Previous chief general of police (DGP) Brij Lal stated, “The .303 rifles were the workhorse of UP police, continually giving the ideal outcome, since the time they were presented in UP Police in 1945. In the event that there was an honor for weapons based on their presentation, the .303s or jolt activity rifles would have surely packed away one.”
Brij Lal stated, while he was in administration, he had driven a few tasks and had killed feared dacoits and criminals. “The primary explanation for accomplishment of this weapon could be its capacity to continue UP’s unpleasant landscape and function admirably even in mud, water and other outrageous conditions we frequently face,” he reviewed.
Discussing one such occurrence, he stated, “During my posting in Pilibhit area (1986-88) as director of police (SP), we discovered that a few aggressors related with Harjinder Singh Jinda’s gathering dropped their bank burglary plan when they discovered that our constables were outfitted with .303 rifles.”
A few other resigned cops said that however the .303 rifle weighed around five kgs, the weight turned into a piece of each constable’s life.
Aditi Mehta 