India News | Jharkhand Man Arrested for Posting Video on Social Media with Illegal Pistol

Medininagar, June 3 (PTI) A 20-year-old man was arrested in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Tuesday for posting a video on social media with an illegal pistol, police said.

Taifique Ansari had bought the country-made pistol along with live cartridges for Rs 5,000, they said.

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Soon after the video went viral, police arrested him from Dali village in the Chatarpur police station area, they said.

He was also wielding the firearm in the locality, creating a sense of insecurity among the people, Superintendent of Police Reeshma Ramesan said.

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A hunt was on to apprehend the person who sold the pistol to him, she said.

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