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400-year-old Barudkhana in Burhanpur damaged after being bulldozed by illegal colonizer

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BHOPAL: A 400-year-old ‘Barudkhana’ -  an ammunition depot constructed in historical Burhanpur of MP by Emperor Akbar’s famous courtier Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana – has been damaged severely after being bulldozed by an illegal colonizer.

The colonizer, who did not have any permission for either land diversion or construction, using the bulldozing machine to break a wall of first floor of the heritage structure and also dug deep trenches around the entire building to weaken its foundation, local sources said.

The heritage was saved from total demolition after a local archaeologist Qamaruddin Falak reached the spot recently after getting information about the damage.

He informed the district administration, following which the tehsildar inspected the damage and also got an employee of the colonizer arrested for illegal digging and pre-construction work being carried out at Boharda Road.

HISTORY OF BARUDKHANA

According to the local historians, the Barudkhana – an ammunition depot – was used for storing arms and ammunition as a name suggests. Burhanpur being an important city on the way to Deccan – a lot of war strategy was drawn here by Mughal rulers.

It is said that Raja Jai Singh – king of Amber (Rajasthan) and senior general in Emperor Shah Jahan’s force – reportedly used this base extensively for war preparations. The Barudkhana was originally three-storey with one of the floors underground. The ground floor is also in a bad condition currently due to lack of conservation.

Sravani Sarkar

Sravani Sarkar has been a journalist for three decades. In the past, she has worked with Lokmat Times, Indian Express, Hindustan Times & The Week


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This has been revealed during the course of investigation. The jeweller has survived and the shooter has been arrested. However, it was found that he had got it from the gunman of a UP MLA, sometime ago. 

The incident had occurred in Chhindwara. An armed man carrying the submachine gun stormed into jeweller's showroom, shot him in the stomach. When others came, he fired in the air. He tried to run away but because motorcycle couldn't start, he failed to escape and was overpowered by the crowd.

The injured jeweller is undergoing treatment. The goon was carrying a machine gun, carbine. The accused, Sandeep Kumar, had fired thrice. He had ntered Durga Shree jewellers, carrying the carbine. asking jeweller to hand over ornaments.

When the jeweller refused Sandeep Kumar began firing, one of the bullets hit the victim, Sohan Tamrakar, 32, in the stomach.The goon ran out and kicked the bike but after multiple attempts bike didn't start and people with lathis attacked him.

He was caught and handed to police, later. Now, he is being quizzed and a team is arriving from UP to ask about the procurement of the looted carbine. Investigation is on in the case. 

[January 18, 2023 NewsBits.in]

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