A 25-year-old man was apprehended at a Delhi Metro station 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 (CISF) personnel for further investigation, officials said.
Carrying arms and ammunition in the Delhi Metro is banned by the law.
Meanwhile, Delhi Metro commuters, who face problems of unreadable smart cards because of technical reasons while entering AFC gates, will now be able to get it replaced instantly. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has simplified the process to facilitate the passengers. However, the cards which are to be replaced must be in the right physical condition.
At present, around 2.20 crore smart cards are in circulation, of which around 600 cards are reported ‘unreadable’ on an average per day. Of these, over 30 per cent of cases are due to physical damage to the card caused by users due to mishandling.
Such unreadable cards which are otherwise in fine condition physically earlier had to be deposited at the station and needed to be reclaimed after five days. As per the new practice, it will now be immediately replaced with a new smart card at the customer care centre of all Metro stations free of cost. The commuter has the option to top it up (recharge) as per his requirement for the journey or may use alternate card or token available with him/her.
(With agency inputs)
