On Monday, a 22-year-old man was arrested after a video of him firing multiple shots in the air, went viral.
The incident took place in Falaknuma in Hyderabad where Mirza Ibrahim Ali Beig, an MBA student, fired 12 rounds in the air outside his house to celebrate his birthday.
(However, a Bangalore Mirror report names Md Shoeb, a person present at the birthday party of Beig, as the accused in the case.
Although the video was reportedly shot and uploaded on May 5 by the accused, it was spotted by the police only on Monday.)
Here is the video that shows Beig firing shots from a revolver.
#WATCH: A man firing in the air to celebrate birthday in Hyderabad’s Falaknuma, case registered under the Arms Act. pic.twitter.com/jhlfDskSQP
— ANI (@ANI_news) May 15, 2017
According to a report in Deccan Chronicle, the Beig has been booked under the Arms Act. Falaknuma ACP Tajuddin also said that action will be taken against the owner of the weapons too. Reportedly, the revolver was owned by a relative of Ali.
The same report also mentions that the revolver used in the firing belonged to his father, Muhammad Ali Baig.
Recently, a man in UP was arrested after celebratory firing at a wedding has resulted in the death of a 12-year-old boy in Bilaspur.