Young man firing from double barrel. (Video is blurred)
Jagran correspondent, Bathinda. Bathinda's Kotfatta police station has arrested a youth for aerial firing. This action was taken on the basis of a video that went viral on social media, in which a young man was seen openly firing in the air with a rifle.
Police say that this video had created an atmosphere of panic in the area, after which immediate cognizance was taken and action was taken. According to the information, recently a video had gone viral on the internet media. In the video, a young man was seen fearlessly firing in the air with a rifle.
As soon as the video surfaced, it came to the notice of Kotfatta police station. Seeing the seriousness of the matter, the police immediately started investigation and the young man seen in the video was identified.
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Arrest made after identification of the accused
During investigation, the youth was identified as Manjeet Singh alias Jeetu, resident of Gahari Devi Nagar. After the identity was confirmed, the police raided and arrested him. Police have also recovered the rifle used in the crime from the possession of the accused.
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Uploading of videos for hobby
Kotfatta police station's assistant police station in-charge Gurjant Singh said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused had done aerial firing merely as a hobby and later made a video of it and uploaded it on social media. After the video went viral, an atmosphere of fear and insecurity was created in the village.
The police officer said that a case has been registered against the accused under relevant sections and further investigation is underway. During the interrogation, it is also being investigated whether the license of the rifle is valid or not and what was his motive behind making the video and making it viral.
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