Garhwa police arrested one Upadhyay Singh, son of Mundrika Singh of Nawadih village and recovered a country-made pistol and a live cartridge. Sub-Divisional police officer Neeraj Kumar said that to conduct peaceful polling in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and on the instructions of Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Pandey district police conducting continuous raids against anti-social elements . Some unsafe polling stations have been identified, where violence had also taken place in the last Lok Sabha elections. He said that after identifying those polling stations, special raids are being conducted against the anti-social elements around there.
He said that on on a tip off that Upadhyay Singh, a resident of Nawadih village of Garhwa police station area, is carrying illegal firearms with him. This information was given to the Superintendent of Police and after his instructions, a special raid team was formed under his leadership. He said that the raid team conducted a raid at Upadhyay Singh's house. During this, a loaded country made pistol was recovered from their. On opening the barrel, a live cartridge was recovered.