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Actor Kamaal Rashid Khan, also known as KRK, was arrested by the Mumbai Police on Saturday, January 23, in connection with a firing incident at a residential building in Mumbai's western suburbs.
He was brought to the Oshiwara Police Station for questioning on late Friday, January 22. In his statement, KRK admitted to firing two rounds from his licensed gun, PTI quoted a police official as saying.
The incident took place in the Oshiwara area of Andheri on January 18. While one bullet was recovered from the second floor of a building, the other one was located on the fourth floor.
Police informed that one of the flats belongs to a popular writer-director and another one to a model. KRK has been booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act, officials said.
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KRK is reportedly in the custody of the Oshiwara Police, while police informed that the gun has been seized and the paperwork process is underway for further investigation into the matter.
During the questioning, KRK told police that his intention was not to hurt anyone as he was just cleaning his gun. He claimed that the bullets were fired into a large mangrove forest in front of his house to check the functionality, News18 reported.
As per NDTV, the case is being looked after by a team of 18 police officials from the Oshiwara police station, led by Sanjay Chavan, along with several crime branch teams.
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During the initial investigation, police remained clueless and were not able to make any headway, since they could not find anything in the CCTV footage. Later on, a forensic analysis indicated that the firing might have taken place from KRK's bungalow nearby.
As of now, the exact motive behind the firing is yet to be ascertained.
He was brought to the Oshiwara Police Station for questioning on late Friday, January 22. In his statement, KRK admitted to firing two rounds from his licensed gun, PTI quoted a police official as saying.
The incident took place in the Oshiwara area of Andheri on January 18. While one bullet was recovered from the second floor of a building, the other one was located on the fourth floor.
Police informed that one of the flats belongs to a popular writer-director and another one to a model. KRK has been booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act, officials said.
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KRK is reportedly in the custody of the Oshiwara Police, while police informed that the gun has been seized and the paperwork process is underway for further investigation into the matter.
During the questioning, KRK told police that his intention was not to hurt anyone as he was just cleaning his gun. He claimed that the bullets were fired into a large mangrove forest in front of his house to check the functionality, News18 reported.
As per NDTV, the case is being looked after by a team of 18 police officials from the Oshiwara police station, led by Sanjay Chavan, along with several crime branch teams.
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During the initial investigation, police remained clueless and were not able to make any headway, since they could not find anything in the CCTV footage. Later on, a forensic analysis indicated that the firing might have taken place from KRK's bungalow nearby.
As of now, the exact motive behind the firing is yet to be ascertained.
