A live cartridge of .32 bore was recovered from his purse by security staff deputed at Kejriwal's residence.
A
39-year-old man, who was going to meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal at his residence here, was arrested after a bullet was
found in his purse during frisking, police said Tuesday.
Mohammad
Imran, a caretaker of a mosque in Karol Bagh and resident of
Seelampur locality, was arrested when he was going to attend a Janta
Darbar (public meeting) at the chief minister's residence on Monday,
they said.
He
is a maujjim at the Masjid Bawli Wali.
Last
week, a man threw chilli
powder at Kejriwal inside the Delhi Secretariat.
Imran
had come to meet the chief minister at the Janta Darbar around 11:15
am, a senior police officer said.
He
had come with 12 imams and maulvis to discuss the issue of increasing
salary of staff working at the Delhi Waqf Board, he said.
During
the search, a live cartridge of .32 bore was recovered from his purse
by security staff deputed at Kejriwal's residence, the officer said.
Imran
was handed over to the local police and accordingly, a case was
registered at the Civil Lines police station under relevant sections
of the Arms Act, he said.
During
interrogation, Imran said he was a maujjin at Masjid Bawli Wali in
Karol Bagh and two to three months ago, he found a cartridge in the
mosque's donation box. He said he had planed to throw it in the
Yamuna river but did not do so and kept it in his purse, the officer
said.
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