The Dehradun police arrested an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly possessing four country-made pistols with intent to sell in Dehradun. The accused identified as Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) native Rajendra Singh was purchasing country made pistols in Amroha and supplying these in Dehradun, said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela on Tuesday.
Rautela said that ahead of lok Sabha election, police officers have been directed to conduct drives in their areas. During such a drive, the police saw a person roaming suspiciously in Rajpur area. After he failed to answer questions, police frisked him and recovered four country made pistols from him. During
interrogation, he said that he used to purchase country made pistols for cheap in Amroha and sell these for a profit in Dehradun.