Delhi Police arrested an 18-year-old man in Gokalpuri district for allegedly flaunting illegal firearms in videos uploaded on social media, and seized two locally made pistols, an official said on Friday.
Police said they arrested the accused, Manish alias Kangla (18), while he was on patrol in Sanjay Colony in northeast Delhi on Wednesday evening.
“He uploaded videos showing himself brandishing illegal firearms,” the officer said.
When police tried to stop him to check, he allegedly entered his home and refused to cooperate. During continued interrogation, he admitted that the weapons in the videos were real and that he had hidden them in his house, the police said.
Based on his revelations, the police searched, seized and seized two locally made pistols (desi kattas).
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The police said they registered an FIR at Gokalpuri police station and Manish was previously involved in a case registered in Farsh Bazar.
A teenager accidentally shoots his mother
Earlier this year, a 37-year-old woman was killed after her 18-year-old son accidentally shot her inside her home in south-east Delhi’s Jongpora area on Monday evening, police said, adding that the accused has been arrested.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Dr Hemant Tiwari said the victim has been identified as Sumati Devi. The victim resided in Pant Nagar in Jongpura and worked as a domestic help in neighboring families.
Police said they received a phone call from Moolchand Hospital reporting the death of a woman who had been shot. The police said that preliminary investigation revealed that the incident took place at Valmiki Mandir JJ, which falls under the jurisdiction of Hazrat Nizamuddin Police Station.
“The victim’s son has been identified as the accused. He allegedly bought a homemade gun from someone at the ashram. While showing the gun to his mother, the bullet accidentally fired, hitting her in the face,” Tiwari said.
Following the incident, the accused fled the scene and threw the firearm into a nearby drain. He was later arrested and the gun was later recovered, police said.
Sumati is survived by her husband Chhotu, a daily wage gardener, and three children, including an 11-year-old daughter, police said.
A case has been registered under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Sections 25, 27 and 54 of the Arms Act, the police said.
