A rickshaw driver in Ahmedabad , Manilal Gohil, has bought his only daughter Mittal - a national level shooter - a German made rifle worth Rs five lakh, with the money he had managed to put away for her marriage. "My father and my family has sacrificed a lot just to fulfill my expensive hobby. There and then, something was triggered inside the teenager and she decided that she had to get her hands on a rifle. It was then that her father and elder brother Jainish began arranging funds to buy her a 50-meter range German firearm. After buying such an expensive rifle, her family now faces the hurdle of purchasing these bullets.Shooting was not Mittal's first passion, interestingly.

Source: Economic Times August 26, 2016 07:49 UTC