Guwahati Youth Held for Brandishing Pistol in Broad Daylight
Guwahati: A youth has been arrested on suspicion of displaying a pistol and making a threat towards a man on Tuesday morning in the Basistha locality of Guwahati city.
The arrested youth has been identified as Adit Kumar alias Abay Tiwari.
Speaking to media, a Basistha Police official said, “Last night there was an argument between the two parties in Basistha locality. The argument turned into a scuffle, after which the first party (the victim) filed a complaint with the police at Basistha police station. Based on the police complaint a case was registered.”
According to the police official, Adit allegedly threatened the victim’s family on Tuesday morning with a pistol for making a report to the local police.
Adit was found to be escaping with his pistol while the investigation was still going on, so a search party was sent out to find him.
“Hours later, we managed to nab the culprit at the Lokhra locality in Guwahati. We have seized the pistol and also recovered six live rounds of ammunition from his possession,” added the police official.
Meanwhile, the accused Adit Kumar is under the custody of Basistha police station.
The police official further revealed that Adit Kumar had previously been found guilty of robbery by a court. The case was reported in the Hatigaon police station in Guwahati.