Lucknow: A day after the 40-hour long
standoff between police and an indiscriminately firing youth
in the city, case has been registered against his father for
possessing cartridges above the permissible number on Saturday.
A case has been filed at the Bakshi Ka Talab police
station and the licensed gun of Dr Shabbir Ahmed and the
remaining cartridges have been seized, police sources said
here today.
Action was also being initiated to cancel the licence of
Ahmed, who is running a clinic in the area.
The rescue mission took over 40 hours only because Shameem
Ahmed (27), had with him a large number of cartridges. As per
rules, his father was licensed to keep a maximum of ten
cartridges.
Police had faced a gruelling task to rescue the youth, who
had locked himself up in a room at his Indaura village house,
at 2 am on Wednesday night and started firing with the
licensed DBBL gun.
Initially, Shameem's family members and police had
attempted to counsel him to open the door but when he refused
to relent, water cannon, tear gas and intoxicants were used to
bring him out.
In firing two policemen, including a sub-inspector, had
sustained injuries. He had fired at least 20 rounds, police
said.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 21:03