In a bizzare incident last night, a 19-year-old Dadar resident opened fire from a country-made revolver at CST station. No one was injured in the incident. Rajesh Tomar, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, Dadar, was arrested by CST railway police at 2 am on Saturday after he fired a round from a country-made revolver. The police also recovered a country-made revolver, two live cartridges, one empty cartridge from the accused.
A 19-year-old youth was on Sturday arrested for firing at police personnel at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) in the wee hours, a Government Railway Police officer said.
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"During routine checking at around 0130 hours, a youth attempted to evade the police at CST and when they attempted to catch him he fired one round at them," Assistant Commissioner of Police (GRP) Bapu Thombre said.
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No one was injured in the incident and the youth, Raju Tomar, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar slum in Dadar, has been arrested, the officer said.
The youth was pursued and caught by the police personnel present at the terminus. A country-made revolver and one 'live' round were recovered from him, he said.
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"He has given conflicting versions on why he was carrying the revolver. First he claimed he was going to avenge his father's death and the second time he claimed it was to resolve a love affair," Thombre said, adding further investigations were on.
Tomar is currently in the custody of railway police and will be produced before Railway Court this afternoon. Police Inspector Prakash Salvi is investigating the case.
Security has been stepped up at the historic terminus after the 26/11 terror strikes in which over 50 persons were killed when two terrorists fired indiscriminately at the railway station.
