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Liquor businessman arrested and released on bail for pointing gun at boy – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Liquor businessman arrested and released on bail for pointing gun at boy – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Gurugram, Nov 21 (PTI) Gurugram police have arrested a 35-year-old businessman for allegedly pointing a revolver at a 12-year-old boy during an altercation between children playing football in a housing park. from the DLF Phase 3 area, police said on Thursday.

The incident was also caught on camera and images of it were uploaded on social media.

Police seized the licensed revolver of the businessman, Prateek Sachdeva, who was later released on bail.

According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday around 17.30 in the park of the Lagoon Apartments where several children were playing football.

An altercation broke out between the children and one of them returned home and told his father about the fight.

The enraged man grabbed his revolver, walked into the park and pointed the revolver at a 12-year-old boy, police said.

The video also showed Sachdeva’s wife coming to the park and asking her husband to leave.

After the incident, the frightened boy was sent to a relative’s house, police said.

On the complaint of the boy’s father, an FIR was registered against Sachdeva under sections of the NBS and the Arms Act at the DLF Phase 3 Police Station.

“We arrested the accused businessman and seized his licensed revolver. He was released on bail after joining the investigation. An investigation is on,” the officer said. PTI COR VN VN

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