Seoni police catch 19-year-old fleeing with country-made pistol; father, a history-sheeter, also booked

Kotwali police in Seoni have arrested a 19-year-old who started running with a pistol on seeing the police. A search recovered a country-made pistol and an empty magazine from him.

Kotwali police station in-charge Santish Tiwari said police received a tip-off from an informant on Wednesday afternoon. According to the information, a youth was moving around with an illegal country-made pistol near Ashok Kirana shop in Rani Durgavati ward.

A police team reached the spot and began looking for the youth on the basis of the description given. He started running on seeing the police. The policemen chased him, cordoned off the area and caught him.

A search recovered a steel country-made pistol and an empty magazine from him. Police identified the youth as Madan alias Badal Yadav (19), a resident of Rani Durgavati ward.

According to police, Madan said during questioning that the pistol had been bought by his father, Ajay alias Ajju Koshta. He also said his father has two live cartridges. Police are now searching for Ajay.

Police are also trying to find out where the pistol was bought and whether it was meant to be used in any criminal incident. Questioning of the arrested youth is still on.

According to police, Ajay alias Ajju Koshta (45) is an active history-sheeter of the police station area. More than 35 criminal cases, including theft, burglary and assault, are registered against him.

Kotwali police have registered a case against both Madan and Ajay under Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The action was taken under the direction of Superintendent of Police Krishna Lalchandani, with guidance from ASP Deepak Mishra and CSP Chanchlesh Markam.