Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Mar 18: A woman pilgrim from Delhi was arrested after a loaded pistol was recovered from her possession at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district today.
Official sources said that Jyoti Gupta, who claimed to be a retired Police Constable, was intercepted with the weapon and six rounds at a checkpoint near the ‘Bhawan’ on the intervening night of March 14-15.
The license for the gun in the possession of Gupta, was found to have expired a couple of years ago, the officials said.
Police have launched a probe after registering an FIR.
In a similar incident, Sanjay Singh, a pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh, was booked after two cartridges were found in his bag near the Bhawan on Monday, the officials added.
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