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15-year-old boy unintentionally flaunts airgun, video goes viral
On Thursday the viral video of a passenger who brandished a gun from the window of a car moving on the BengaluruMysuru highway, ha been identified as a class 10 student from Mysore The Ramanagara police have said that, the weapon he waved was an airgun
Highlights: The Ramanagara police have said that, the weapon he waved was an airgun.
BENGALURU: On Thursday the viral video of a passenger who brandished a ‘gun’ from the window of a car moving on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, ha been identified as a class 10 student from Mysore. The Ramanagara police have said that, the weapon he waved was an airgun.
The police identified the car owner to be a businessman belonging to Mysore. Cops quickly landed at the doorstep of the businessman from Mandi Mohalla and found out that that the “gun-wielding” passenger was his 15-year-old son. The boy confessed that he had flaunted the airgun.
An investigator said, “We seized the car and the airgun. Asking the boy and his father to accompany us, we arrived in Ramanagara on Thursday night and took an undertaking from the boy before warning them and letting them go. The car and the weapon will be released after the court’s permission.”
“Accompanying his uncle to a relative’s house in Bengaluru, he had carried the airgun with him. On the return journey, he flaunted the weapon without any provocation or intention. We found that he never pointed it towards anyone or threatened anyone with it,” police said.
The uncle of the 15-year-old boy, who was very apologetic and the police quoted him by saying, “The airgun was meant to shoo away parrots and birds. For some reason, the boy carried it to Bengaluru that day.”
