GURUGRAM: A 24-year-old man was arrested for opening fire at a mall on Mehrauli-Gurugram Road in the early hours of Sunday.
A countrymade pistol, five cartridges and one spent cartridge were seized from Musaddiq Ansari after he fired in the parking lot of the Metropolitan Mall. Ansari, a resident of Bijwasan in south Delhi, runs a food supplement shop and was a regular visitor to a club in the mall over the last 2-3 years.
On Saturday night, he visited the mall during and returned to the parking lot in an inebriated state around 3am, he allegedly fired a shot into the air. However, no one was hurt in the incident.
“A passerby informed a police patrol vehicle stationed at the MG Road Metro station. The police rushed to the spot and arrested him,” said DLF Phase-II police station SHO Inspector Aman.
“During questioning, he confessed to firing in the air just to show off,” the SHO said. Cops have filed a case under IPC and Arms Act are probing from where Ansari obtained the weapon.