Man with pistol was arrested at Sonia’s rally
February 18, A man with a country made pistol and catridges was arrested by the police shortly before the election rally by the Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Almora, after an allert across the state in the runup the february 21 Assembly elections in Uttarakhand.
Almora’s Superintendent of police Satish Kumar Shukla said that Kedar Singh was arrested by the police when he was trying to enter into the venue of the election rally in Almora which was addressed by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
A red alert was sounded across Uttarakhand, particularly in Haldwani and Dehra Dun, where Gandhi is to address election rallies to drum up support for the state’s ruling Congress. Satish Kumar Shukla said that Singh was being interrogated for further details. He said that the initial reports suggested that Singh was mentally upset for sometime.
Police sources said Singh had hidden the pistol in his pocket and two catridges in his gloves. But when he was trying to enter into the venue of the election rally, he was caught by the policemen. Singh has hidden the pistol in his pocket. They also said that two catridges were also found from his gloves later.
Singh told to the police that he bought the pistol for Rs.3000 but never used it. Security around the venues for other election rallies to be addressed by Gandhi was tightened with dog squads and anti-terrorist squads, sources said.
