Man held with pistol, bullet in Delhi Metro

New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was apprehended at a Delhi Metro station on Thursday for allegedly carrying a country-made pistol and a bullet round in his bag, officials said.

CISF personnel apprehended Govinda, resident of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, at the Saket station in the noon after the X-ray baggage scanner detected a pistol-like object in his bag, they said.

A live bullet was also recovered from the bag, apart from the country-made pistol, they added.

The man was handed over to the local police by the Central Industrial Security Force personnel for further investigation, officials said.