A 25-year-old man was arrested from Golavli village in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday for allegedly possessing a firearm and six live cartridges, the police said, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, the police also seized two mobile phones valued at Rs 1 lakh from the man, identified as Ankush Kesarwani, while patrolling near a bar on Kalyan Shil road in the early hours, an official said.
A case was registered under the Arms Act and the Maharashtra Police Act.
A prohibitory order was in force banning the possession of weapons, according to the police official.
Man held by crime branch with firearm in Khar
Meanwhile, last month, the Mumbai Crime Branch`s Unit 9 on Wednesday nabbed a 21-year-old man allegedly with illegal firearm and live cartridges in Khar area of the city, an official said.
According to the police, the officials of the crime branch Unit 9 received information regarding the suspect who was in possession of illegal firearm. The police traced the suspects location in the jurisdiction of Khar police station and nabbed the suspect from Chitrakar Dhurandar Road in Khar.
The suspect was Identified as Srikrishna Vivendra Pal Sharma, 21, a resident of Mira Road. He is originally from Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh, an official said.
The police have seized a stainless steel, locally manufactured pistol along with four live cartridges from the possession of the accused.
“An FIR has been registered at the Khar Police Station under sections 3 and 25 of the Arms Act and sections 37(1)(A) and 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act,” the official said.
He will be produced before a court on May 2, he added.
Man held with country-made firearm and live cartridges
In an another incident last month, a man has been held with country-made firearm and live cartridges in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, the police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, with the arrest of a 40-year-old street vendor for allegedly possessing a country-made firearm and three cartridges in Nagpur city, police on Sunday claimed to have busted a racket involved in the illegal trade of crude weapons.
(with PTI inputs)
