This Article is From Apr 13, 2022

Viral Video: Country-Made Pistol Found On Teacher In UP After Tip-Off

Police said Karishma Singh Yadav is a teacher in a school in Firozabad. "She was in Mainpuri yesterday because of some work," they added.

She was in Mainpuri yesterday because of some work

Mainpuri:

A woman was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri on Tuesday after being caught with a country-made pistol, police said today.

Officials said Karishma Singh Yadav is a teacher in a school in Firozabad. "She was in Mainpuri yesterday because of some work," they added.

A senior police official said they received a tip-off about a woman on the move with a weapon in the Kotwali area of the city. "We then traced the woman and confronted her," he said.

A video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows a female constable frisking Karishma Yadav and taking out a 315 bore country-made pistol from the pocket of her jeans.

Ms Yadav was immediately taken into custody and a case has been filed against her.

Ajay Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Mainpuri said officials are questioning her on why was she carrying the weapon. 

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