A 39-year-old man who went to meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as part of a delegation of ‘Imams (clerics)’ on Monday was arrested after a live bullet was found in his wallet. This is the second incident involving the Delhi Chief Minister after a chilli powder attack on him last week.
The man, identified as Mohammad Imran, told police that he found the bullet in the donation box of his mosque around three months ago, kept it in his wallet and later forgot about it. He claimed that he had planned to throw the bullets in the river Yamuna but decided to keep it.
Imran is a caretaker at a mosque called Masjid Bawli Wali in Karol Bagh. He was among a dozen clerics who had gone to Arvind Kejriwal’s home for a public hearing or janta durbar, to discuss the issue of increasing salary of staff working at the Delhi Waqf Board.
“The incident happened around 11:15 am. During the search, a live cartridge of 0.32 mm was recovered from his purse by security staff deputed at CM’s residence. Imran was handed over to the local police and accordingly, a case was registered at the Civil Lines police station,” said the senior police official adding that Imran has been arrested under the stringent Arms Act and an investigation has been launched.
He was produced in court on Tuesday who had sent him to two weeks judicial custody.
“During interrogation Imran told the police that he was a Muezzin at Masjid Bawli Wali in Karol Bagh and two to three months ago, he found a cartridge in the mosque’s donation box. He said he had planned to throw it in the Yamuna River but did not do so and kept it in his purse,” said the senior police official adding that further investigation is underway.