Habitual offender held with country-made pistol, live round in Saroornagar

The seized country-made firearm. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The Saroornagar police arrested a 22-year-old habitual offender for possessing an illegal country-made pistol and a live round, foiling what police suspect could have been a planned criminal act.The accused, Mohd. Imran alias Ibbu, an autorickshaw driver and resident of Shanker Nagar in Saroornagar, was apprehended at around 8 p.m. on Sunday at an open place in Bhagath Singh Nagar following a tip-off. Police seized a country-made pistol, one live round and a mobile phone from his possession.During interrogation, Imran allegedly told investigators that he had purchased the weapon and ammunition for ₹40,000 from a man identified as Shakir, a native of Bihar, whom he had met while working at a scrap shop in Rajendranagar about a