Overview
- Ajay Bambhaniya, who reported a highway shooting late Thursday, was arrested Friday on charges of giving false information and violations under the Arms Act.
- CCTV at the Una police station captured a live bullet falling from his clothes as he stepped out of his car, according to the district superintendent of police.
- Forensic testing found no spent bullet or fragments in the vehicle, no gunpowder residue on the windshield or bullet, and a hole size that did not match the round.
- Police booked him under sections 212, 217, and 214 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with Arms Act provisions after concluding the incident was staged.
- AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and state chief Isudan Gadhvi, had condemned what they called an attack, raising tensions before Saturday’s municipal elections in Gujarat.