India, Oct. 30 -- A 29-year-old man was arrested in the city for illegally purchasing an Austria-manufactured Glock pistol, police said on Wednesday.

The suspect was identified as Vikas Kumar alias Khila, a resident of Ullahawas in Sector 62. Kumar is an MBA graduate and was presently handling the real estate business of his father, said police.

Police said a crime branch team arrested him near the community centre in Sector 45 on Monday with the illegally procured 9mm calibre Glock-15 which is prohibited for civilian use in India and can be used only by police, paramilitary and armed forces.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that the Sector 40 crime branch team had received a tip-off about the pistol in ...