Chandigarh, Dec. 5 -- A local court has awarded two years rigorous imprisonment to a man from Dadumajra Colony who was found in possession of a country-made pistol in 2022.

On January 18, 2022, while on routine patrol and crime detection duty, ASI Shamsher Singh and a team of police officials were near the Dumping Ground, DMC, Chandigarh. They received a tip-off that a suspect, Kuldeep Kumar, was in the vicinity possessing an illegal firearm and heading to meet an individual at DMC Park. Acting immediately on this tip-off, ASI Shamsher established a naka in the area and began stopping and searching passersby and vehicles.

The accused was arrested from here and during his personal search, one country-made pistol was recovered and he fail...