Chandigarh, June 1 -- A licensed pistol was discovered unattended in a laptop bag at the ICICI bank branch in Sector 28-D on Thursday. The incident led to the registration of an FIR on Friday against the pistol owner, Pawan Kumar Goel, 47, a resident of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh, under the Arms Act.

The sequence of events began around 9 am when Chirag, a 33-year-old manager at ICICI Bank, arrived at work.

Chirag reported that his colleague Sanjay noticed a laptop bag left unattended on the front desk. Upon opening the bag, he discovered a laptop, charger, diary, PAN card, a pistol and its accompanying licence.

Alarmed by the discovery of a firearm, the bank staff immediately contacted the police.

Shortly thereafter, the Chandi...