Jamshedpur Police Confronted with Rising Cases of Kids with Guns

Gun found in the schoolbag of a student in Jamshedpur. Third such recovery in the last one month.

Gun used in the murder of a Congress leader was recovered from a chid’s school bag last month. (Photo: iStockphoto)

• In yet another incident, a firearm was recovered from the schoolbag of a 13-year-old student of RMS School at Khuntadih, Jameshedpur on Friday.

• The schoolbag with the firearm has been seized and interrogation of the Class 8 student is on, Senior Superintendent of Police Anoop T Mathew said.

• The officer-in-charge of Sonari Police Station said the school authorities began a search operation after being informed that a student was flaunting a pistol to his classmates.
  

Third Incident in One Month

• A Class 11 student of Dayanand Public School was seriously injured and hospitalised after he was hit by a bullet last week. Police had then recovered two firearms, including a country-made pistol from the schoolbag of the injured student’s classmate Amit Kumar.

• One of the recovered firearms was used in the killing of Seraikela-Kharswan district President of Congress (SC cell), Shan Babu alias Bhudeshwar Mukhi, on June 16.

• Prior to that, another firearm was recovered from the bag of a student during school hours in Parsudih, on the outskirts of the steel city of Jamshedpur.
  

(With agency inputs)