Pistol with 53 bullets recovered from drain, one arrested

CBCID police today arrested a youth here and recovered a foreign made pistol with bullets, hidden by him in a drain.
Police, who are investigating the recent murder of Tamil Nadu BJP General Secretary 'Auditor' Ramesh in Salem, interrogated Kichan Bukari, an accused in the April 17 blasts near BJP office in Bangalore, suspecting his hand in the murder.
Based on the reported confession made by Bukari that he has handed over a pistol to the youth Mohammed Nazar, police arrested him from Arul Nagar in Ukkadam in the city, police said.
On the information provided by Nazar, police recovered the pistol and 53 bullets, hidden out of fear in the drain, they said.

The team also carried out raids to flush out possible explosives or arms hidden in and around the area, police added.