Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 24: Police in Kulgam arrested a person for attempting to rob J&K Bank’s Yaripora Kulgam Branch. A toy pistol was also seized from his possession.
According to police spokesperson, Kulgam police received a distress call during the intervening night of 23/24 July from J&K Bank Yaripora that a person, pointing his pistol to private security personnel is threatening him to open the gates of the bank branch.
Acting swiftly, a police party from PS Yaripora headed by SHO Yaripora rushed to the spot. Meanwhile, the alert security guards of the said branch caught hold of the person and snatched the toy pistol from his possession.
He has been arrested and shifted to Police Station where he remains in custody.
Case FIR No. 103/2020 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Yaripora and investigation has been initiated.
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