Bihar: Unidentified persons fire several rounds in air in Patna park

Patna, Jul 12 (PTI) Panic gripped Kankarbagh area of Patna when some unidentified persons fired several rounds in the air in a park on Saturday evening, police said.

Nobody was injured in the incident which took place around 7 pm.

"A police vehicle, which was on patrol duty, heard gunfire sounds in the park… when security personnel went inside the park, some youths, who were on the spot, fled.

"Police seized from the spot a country-made pistol loaded with cartridges. Some motorcycles were also seized. It is still unclear how many rounds were fired in the air as police did not recover spent cartridges from the spot," Sadar-1 Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Abhinav told reporters.

Police have registered a case and are further investigating the matter, he said.

"The miscreants will be nabbed soon," he added.

Local residents said that the incident triggered panic in the area. PTI PKD ACD