Teen held with countrymade pistol in Dadu Majra

Chandigarh: A youth was Sunday arrested for allegedly carrying a countrymade pistol and threatening another youth with it in Dadu Majra Colony, Sector 38. The accused has been identified by police as Mohit alias Ganja, 18.
He lives in Dadu Majra.
The complainant, Vivek, also from Dadu Majra, alleged that Mohit threatened him by brandishing his pistol on the night of June 13.
Charges under the Arms Act and sections of BNS have been pressed against Mohit. Police produced him before a local court here and obtained his one-day remand for further interrogation. They are trying to find out from where he got the pistol and if he was involved in other crime that took place in the city.
In a separate incident, unidentified persons were booked by Sector 31 police for allegedly firing gunshots at a man in Ramdarbar Saturday. Samdarsh told police that a few bike-borne persons shot at his car and damaged its window panes. It was parked near his house in Phase 2 Ram Darbar. Police also found a bullet shell on the spot. No arrests have been made yet.

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