Labourer held withcountry-made gun

Hyderabad: A man was arrested by Rachakonda police for illegally possessing a country-made pistol. Police said that they recovered a pistol and six live rounds of ammunition from the accused Mohammed Hussain. The accused was nabbed at

Chintalkunta

check post in LB

Nagar

.“The accused is a daily wage

labourer

and was unhappy with his earnings. He procured the firearm and live rounds from UP. He was planning to earn easy money by indulging in extortions and robberies,” police said. Officials said that the accused, a resident of Charminar, had recently moved to

Rajendranagar

.