A student of DAV College has been arrested for illegally possessing a 7.65 mm pistol and five live cartridges.

Shiv Karan Singh alias Sibby, a BA second year student, was arrested by the Special Cell at a checkpost in Sector 11 late on Tuesday night.

He was produced in a local court on Wednesday, which sent him to a day’s police remand. Singh will be produced in court again on Thursday.

Singh’s father Sher Jasjit Singh is posted as the Excise and Taxation Commissioner in Moga and his mother Satinder Kaur is the chief of Nawanshehar district unit of Shiromani Akali Dal.

Singh was driving a Ford Endeavour (PB-10-T-0450) when he was intercepted at a checkpost in the Sector-11 market. According to the police, he tried to escape but was overpowered. A loaded pistol without a valid licence was found on him following which he was arrested under provisions of the Arms Act.

“During interrogation, Singh revealed that he was given the weapon by one Simmu, a student of Department of Law, Panjab University. Simmu, according to Singh, is the nephew of a senior Punjab Congress leader. But we are yet to verify the disclosure,” a senior police officer said. “We will interrogate him thoroughly to find out about the weapon, which is issued by the Indian Ordinance Factory, Kanpur,” a police officer said.

The Congress leader (Simmu’s uncle) said: “Simmu is in bed for the last three weeks. He was operated upon for a back injury. He never had a licence, nor did he possess any arms or ammunition. Somebody might be falsely implicating him.”

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