Revolutionary Bhagat Singh's pistol, which he used to kill British officer John Saunders in 1928, was sent to the Frontier Headquarters at Jalandhar last week, over 47 years after it was shifted to the BSF's Central School of Weapons and Tactics (CSWT) museum here from the Police Academy in Phillaur in Punjab.
The historic semi-automatic .32-bore Colt-make pistol was transferred to BSF's Frontier Headquarters at Jalandhar during last week, a senior BSF official told PTI today.
Interestingly, BSF IG Pankaj Goomar had said last month that they were planning to display the pistol at new arms museum of the BSF here.
The pistol was sent to Jalandhar at a time when the demand is being raised to display it in the museum at Bhagat Singh' village Khatkar Kalan in Punjab.
A public interest litigation (PIL) about shifting the pistol to Punjab is also pending before the Punjab-Haryana High Court.
The pistol has been on display at the CSWT's old museum here along with other arms of BSF since it was sent here on October 7, 1969 from the Police Academy in Phillaur.
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