New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) Officials said on Thursday that police arrested three men after alleged celebratory firing during a birthday party at a farmhouse in the Siraspur area, recovering illegal firearms, ammunition, liquor and hookahs from the premises.
Officials said the incident came to light after police received a PCR call regarding gunfire at Zile Singh Farm near the railway crossing in outernorth Delhi’s Siraspur around 11:35 pm on June 9, officials said.
A police team reached the spot and found that a birthday celebration was underway.
During inspection of the lawn, officers recovered 27 empty 7.65 mm calibre cartridges.
Police said during searches of the farmhouse and surrounding area, they also found a semi-automatic pistol along with three live cartridges, a country-made pistol (desi katta), an airgun with four dummy cartridges, 19 live .32 bore cartridges, two live 12 bore cartridges, and an empty magazine.
Officials also seized liquor bottles, beer cans and flavoured hookahs from the venue.
Police detained the farmhouse owner, Dilbagh Singh (50), along with Himanshu Rana (27) and Manish Jangra alias Golu (29), all residents of Siraspur.
Police said record verification revealed that Dilbagh has previous criminal involvement under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act.
Officials said a case has been registered under relevant sections of the BNS, Arms Act, Excise Act and the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA).
The three accused were produced before a court, which remanded them to two days’ police custody for further interrogation. Police said further investigation is underway to ascertain the weapons’ source and the role of others involved in the incident. PTI SSJ ASD ASD
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