A businessman has finally got back his licensed revolver 22 years after it was seized, after a court failed to order its return despite his acquittal in the case in 2007. The firearm was seized in 2004, when a Bhuleshwar-based gold and diamond trader was detained by the Crime Branch while transporting cash for business purposes.

The businessman, Mahesh Patel, a resident of Vile Parle, was intercepted along with five partners by Crime Branch Unit-2 while travelling in two cars with Rs 68 lakh in cash. The cash was seized, and all six were arrested under an FIR registered at LT Marg police station.