Nishatpura police nabbed a miscreant who was booked for several serious crimes and recovered one country-made pistol and one live cartridge from his possession at Housing Board Colony on Tuesday.
According to the police, acting on a tip off, a youth was held at Housing Board Colony area and during investigation he was identified as Nadeem alias Baccha (24) from 12 Dukan area and recovered a country made pistol and one cartridge from his possession.
The miscreant was nabbed after Nishatpura police personnel received a tip off regarding possession of illegal weapon by a person and was carrying the weapon for selling or for crime but before the person could use the weapon he was nabbed by the police.
During the investigation the accused had confessed that he had been booked for several crimes and had enmity with several people and for his
protection he used to carry country made pistol. The one recovered from his possession was kept with the purpose of protection. Police said more crimes would be confessed in further investigation and the source from which the country made pistol was purchased would be investigated. The accused was on his way to commit crime could be ascertained at the moment and would be investigated. The accused is a habitual offender and it is possible that he had bought the weapon for the purpose of selling. Police said that the accused is a notorious criminal and has been booked for serious offences in the past by different police stations.