Woman pilgrim from Delhi held with loaded pistol at Vaishno Devi shrine
Jammu: A woman pilgrim from Delhi was arrested after a loaded pistol was recovered from her possession at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district, officials said on Tuesday.
Jyoti Gupta, who claimed to be a retired police constable, was intercepted with the weapon and six rounds at a checkpoint near the ‘Bhawan’ (sanctum sanctorum) on the intervening night of March 14-15, they said.
The licence for the gun found in the possession of Gupta was found to have expired a couple of years ago, the officials said.
Police have launched a probe after registering an FIR, they said.
In a similar incident, Sanjay Singh, a pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh, was booked after two cartridges were found in his bag near the Bhawan on Monday, the officials said.
