Team India captain M S Dhoni inched a little closer to owning the prized 9mm pistol, as his application for a licence was forwarded to the Jharkhand Home Department. The secretary in the commissioner’s office, Vandana Kullu, confirmed on Wednesday that the application had been forwarded to the Home Department by the commissioner’s office, which also said Dhoni did not need to produce a ‘character certificate’ as he was a famous cricketer and hailed from Ranchi.On November 13, deputy commissioner Rajiv Arun Ekka had returned the application to the commissioner after a favourable recommendation. However, Dhoni will have to wait for some more time before he will be able to lay his hands on the coveted gun, as the state Home Department will forward his application to the Union Home Ministry for a final approval, mandatory in the case of obtaining licence for a prohibited gun, he said.
