Delhi Woman Carries Loaded Pistol To Vaishno Devi Temple, Arrested

A woman pilgrim from Delhi was arrested on Tuesday after a loaded pistol was recovered from her possession at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, said the officials.

The woman, identified as Jyoti Gupta claimed to be a retired police constable. She was intercepted with the weapon and six rounds at a checkpoint near the 'Bhawan' (sanctum sanctorum) on the intervening night of March 14-15, they said, reported PTI.

According to the officials, the licence for the gun that was found in possession of Gupta was found to have expired a couple of years ago.