A man in Uttar Pradesh's Banda was arrested for publicly brandishing a gun and posting a video of it on social media. The video, which went viral on Instagram, showed the accused, Sanjay, dancing with his friends to a Bollywood song while flaunting a country-made pistol. Sanjay captioned the video with "Love You Bhaiyo (Love you friends)," attracting numerous views and comments.
The local police took note of the video and initiated a search operation to apprehend Sanjay. Within hours, they successfully arrested him. During the arrest, a country-made pistol of 315 bore and two cartridges were recovered from Sanjay, police said.
Banda SP Ankur Agarwal stated, "A close eye was being kept on objectionable content or activities being posted on social media, and a special team has been deployed for the same. Our team came across this video of a gun-toting man and alerted the police."
He further added, "The accused was arrested, and a case was filed after recovering an illegal gun and ammunition from him. Further investigation is underway."
