Minor detained with firearm in Pune

Pune: The Pune city police crime branch on Friday detained a minor in possession of a firearm.

According to the police, station officer Dyaneshwar Chitte of Crime Branch Unit 3 while patrolling in Dhayari area received a tip-off of a minor seen carrying a pistol and moving in a suspicious manner in Ganeshnagar.

After being detained, the juvenile confessed to buying the firearm from a friend who had purchased it from Madhya Pradesh. The underaged is a criminal on record with cases like robbery, attempt to robbery, and firearm filed against him at Uttamnagar and Sinhagad Road police stations, said a police official.

Preliminary investigations suggest that the case could be connected to local gang networks or other criminal activities, according to the police.

Sinhagad Road Police Station has filed a case under Section 3(25) of the Arms Act and 37(1), 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act.