Police said the seized firearm is 17 cm in total length, with a barrel measuring 10.8 cm, fitted with a magazine and having a chocolate-coloured coating on both sides of the grip

The case stemmed from an FIR lodged in 2019 by the victim, who alleged that Shelke, her neighbour, entered her home in a chawl at Mhatre Nagar in Dombivli on November 1, 2019, while she was studying alone