Soon after a man threw chilli powder at Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inside the Delhi Secretariat, a 39-year-old was arrested after a bullet was found in his purse when he arrived at the CMs residence to meet him.
Mohammad Imran, a caretaker of a mosque in Karol Bagh and resident of Seelampur locality, was arrested when he was going to attend a Janta Darbar (public meeting) at the chief minister’s residence on Monday. Imran had come to meet the chief minister at the Janta Darbar around 11:15 am, a senior police officer told news agency PTI.
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Imran had gone to meet Kejriwal along with 12 imams and maulvis to ask for a salary hike of the staff working at the Delhi Waqf Board.
A live cartridge was found in pocket of one of the men. We arrested him (pic 2). He’s a caretaker at Baoli masjid in Karol Bagh. He says someone had dropped it in donation box 2 months back.He didn’t inform police&carried it with intention of throwing it away: ADCP Harinder Singh pic.twitter.com/wQkaE5oG8h
— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2018
During the search, a live cartridge of .32 bore was recovered from his purse by security staff deputed at Kejriwal’s residence, the officer told PTI.
During interrogation, Imran said he was a maujjin 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 planned to throw it in the Yamuna river but did not do so and kept it in his purse, the officer said.
The case is under investigation.
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