Man from UP arrested with countrymade pistol in Panchkula
Panchkula: A man carrying a countrymade pistol was arrested in Sector 28 here late Thursday. Police Friday produced him in court and obtained his remand for further interrogation.
Crime branch (Sector 19) sleuths have identified the accused as Munna, 24, a resident of UP's Moradabad district. He currently stays in Sector 28.
Tipped off about him, CB swung into action and picked him up from near the cremation ground of his sector. He was carrying a countrymade pistol, but without any live cartridges, and without a gun licence. His pistol was seized and he was taken under arrest. Charges under the Arms Act were slapped on him. Police are trying to ascertain why, in the first place he was carrying a gun, and who gave it to him.
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