Man held for opening fire inside his residence

An on-duty constable, Pradip More, rushed to the spot to help the woman and her son around 6.30pm. He found them waiting outside the house as her husband refused to open the door. Despite repeated requests, Ranjan refused to open the door.

When the constable tried to open the door with the key, the sound of two to three gun shots being fired inside the flat was heard, warning the cop to stop. Following this, they again tried to convince him and nearly three hours later around 9.30pm, he opened the door and the police took him into custody.

When Ranjan was taken out, the police went inside and saw there were bullet holes in a glass door of the kitchen and a wooden cupboard. Three empty bottles were also found lying on the ground and a table’s glass was broken.

Apart the revolver used in the incident, two other firearms — a pistol and a revolver — and 75 “live” cartridges, all licenced, were seized from Ranjan’s flat. However, three other ‘live’ cartridges recovered from the house were kept illegally.

An officer said that an FIR was registered against him under Section 336 ( act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code as well as Sections 3, 25 and 30 of the Arms Act.