JAIPUR: Police on Wednesday arrested a 20-year-old youth who barged into a shopping mall in Jhotwara holding an airgun, sowing panic amongst customers.
Additional commissioner, law and order, Rahul Prakash said that the Nirbhaya squad was present inside the mall and quickly overpowered the suspect idenitfied as Gaurav Pratap Singh. “The accused was following a girl and was threatening her when constables present inside the mall spotted him. The team brought the situation under control and detained him,” Prakash said.
The suspect was handed over to Jhotwara police station. The girl told cops that she did not wish to file an FIR against him. “The suspect was holding a gun which triggered a wave of panic inside the mall. Police examined the weapon and found that it was an airgun,” he said.
