India News | SP Leader Arrested in UP for Unauthorised Possession of Pistol
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Samajwadi Party leader and Hamirpur zila panchayat member was arrested for unauthorised possession of a pistol during a routine vehicle check on Saturday, police said.
Hamirpur (UP), Aug 28 (PTI) A Samajwadi Party leader and Hamirpur zila panchayat member was arrested for unauthorised possession of a pistol during a routine vehicle check on Saturday, police said.
Hamirpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Kamlesh Dixit said Ramsajivan Yadav and his associates were travelling in a car when it was checked in the Kurara police station area of the district in Uttar Pradesh and the pistol and some live cartridges were found.
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The pistol is licensed in the name of Ajay Singh, but the licensee was not in the car when it was seized, the SP said.
Yadav and another person have been arrested for unauthorised possession of the weapon, the police officer added.
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