{
  "id": 12911358,
  "title": "Mumbai Crime Branch Arrests 26-Year-Old With Country-Made Pistol, Live Cartridge In Sion West",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/mumbai-crime-branch-arrests-26-year-old-with-country-made-pistol-live",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T16:21:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-crime-branch-arrests-26-year-old-with-country-made-pistol-live-cartridge-in-sion-west"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday evening, Mumbai's Crime Branch Unit 5 apprehended a 26-year-old man, Sahil Nurulhuda Khan, for allegedly possessing a homemade pistol and live cartridge without a valid license in Sion West. The suspect, a driver from Dahisar Mori, Thakur Pada, Thane district, was originally from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.\n\nAccording to police, Senior Inspector Rohini Potdar of Unit 5 received a tip-off about a suspect arriving near Hotel Home Town on LBS Marg, near the railway bridge, around 6 pm to sell the weapon. Acting on this intelligence, a police team, with the help of two witnesses and the informant, set up a trap at the location. They monitored the area for about five minutes before the suspect, matching the informant's description, arrived on foot.\n\nUpon identifying the man, the officers kept a watchful eye on him, after which they surrounded and detained him. During the search, police recovered a grey-colored pistol, inscribed with \"MADE IN USA,\" believed to be worth ₹10,000, and a live cartridge valued at around ₹500. The combined value of the seized items was estimated at ₹10,500. Both items were found separately packed, sealed with the Crime Branch Unit 5's official brass seal and seized under a panchnama.\n\nThe 26-year-old failed to present any valid firearm license and could not provide a satisfactory explanation regarding the origin of the weapon. He was also found in violation of the prohibitory arms order issued by the Mumbai Police Commissioner. A case has been registered against Khan at the Dharavi Police Station under relevant legal provisions. The seizure and panchnama proceedings were recorded using the E-Sakshya app, as per the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. Further investigation is currently ongoing.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Crime Branch Unit 5 of Mumbai Police arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly possessing a country-made pistol and a live cartridge without a valid licence in Sion West on Tuesday evening. According to the police, the accused has been identified as Sahil Nurulhuda Khan (26), a driver and resident of Dahisar Mori, Thakur Pada, Thane district. His native address is in Sant Kabir Nagar,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}