By Brij Khandelwal, Agra, July 29 (IANS) Faced with increasing threats from kidnappers, doctors in Agra will undergo training of a different kind - learning the use of firearms for self-defence.
The doctors will spend more time at the shooting range than in their clinics when a programme drawn up by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is implemented early next month.
After a spate of abductions by criminal gangs, the doctors have been holding emergency sessions for the past week and meeting politicians and district authorities to work out a foolproof security arrangement.
Over 60 doctors have applied for licences for firearms. They would start practising at the firing range near Dayalbagh, developed at the initiative of Municipal Commissioner Shyam Singh Yadav.
The doctors this week met Yadav, who is also the coach of the Indian shooting team, and requested him to allow them to use the shooting range.
While Yadav gave the go-ahead, the IMA has mounted pressure on the district officials to promptly clear arms licences for the threatened medical community, said IMA president Sharad Gupta.
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