File Photo (Credits: Jagaran)A youth posing for a selfie, with a pistol pointed at his mother's head, has been arrested by the Shamli police on Friday (22 January).
The weapon has also been seized from the youth, identified as Deepak Kumar, 20.
The cyber cell of the police traced the youth from the Sunheti village under Kairana police station in Uttar Pradesh.
Kumar had uploaded the picture on social media. In the selfie he was seen aiming a gun at a woman’s head who was smiling at the camera. The post had gone viral on multiple social platforms. It was later identified that the person next to the culprit was his own mother.
Superintendent of Police, Shamli, Sukirti Madhav, has ordered an inquiry into the matter.
With IANS Inputs
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