Man held for possessing unlicensed gun

Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 13:05 [IST]

Tiruchirapalli, Aug 26 (UNI) Police arrested a 45-year-old man for possessing a unlicensed country-made gun and moving around the forest area in a suspicious manner at Uppliapuram near Thuraiyur here.

A police party intercepted Sundararaj of Suklampatti Kombai yesterday from a tribal village located atop at Kolli hills in Namakkal District and seized the gun from him, police said.

Later he was remanded to judicial custody, police added.

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