Arunachal man arrested for firing gun outside Home Minister's bungalow

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh police yesterday arrested a man for firing a gun outside Home Minister Bamang Felix’s official bungalow.

 

Thomas Gangte Tadap (47) was arrested after he reportedly fired at the gate of the bungalow at around 10 am on Saturday. Felix was not at this official residence when the firing incident occured and no one was hurt.

 

IGP (Law and Order) Chukhu Apa and ICR SP Jimmy Chiram rushed to the spot to assess the situation. A case (No 47/06/03/2021 under Section 336/307 IPC and 27 Arms Act) was immediately registered at the Itanagar police station and the accused was arrested.

 

Chiram informed CCTV footage showed that the man had used a .22 rifle to shoot. He had come out of a white Celerio car with a black bumper (AR-01Z-6941).

 

“As soon as we got this information, we identified the person’s name as Thomas Gangte Tadap. He originally is from Sangram in Kurung Kumey but lives in Lobi, Itanagar,” Chiram said.

 

“We put our team on alert and put surveillance on him. We got to know the location, it was indicating towards Assam, so we activated the Papum Pare team, and also Biswanath Charali (Assam) and Seijosa, as he reportedly has a plot of land there. At the Chimpu naka, we engaged a special checking team. We spotted a car without a number plate. We chased and intercepted the car on the Chimpu-Jollang road and arrested him,” the SP informed.

 

He said that the team of police also recovered the .22 rifle and a dao from the vehicle.

 

According to reports the accused is a supporter of the home minister in his home constituency, and he reportedly fired the shots in an inebriated state.

 

The SP further informed that "the motive of firing is under investigation."