TRICHY: An ex-serviceman was arrested on charges of threatening his neighbour with a pistol in a village near Manapparai on Wednesday. Police arrested T John Britto, 43, of K Udaiyapatti near Kathikaranpatti on charges of verbally abusing and threatening his neighbour K Rajkumar, 40, with his pistol under IPC and The Arms Act, 1959.
On Tuesday morning, Rajkumar took out his cattle for grazing. Britto, who came on a bike, hit a goat. The two quarrelled for a while and then went their way. In the evening, a drunk Britto came to Rajkumar’s house with a pistol and threatened him with dire consequences.
Rajkumar lodged a complaint with the Manapparai police on Wednesday, which arrested Britto and seized the weapon. He was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody.
Police said Britto was working as a security guard in Tamil Nadu Newsprint Limited after retiring from services and had purchased the pistol from Jammu in 2015 with a license.
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