Kalachowki Police in Mumbai arrested an alleged history-sheeter on July 25 during a late-night patrol after recovering a country-made pistol and six live cartridges from his possession.

The arrest was made around 10 pm near the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) E-Ward office on Reay Road, where a police team patrolling intercepted a man moving suspiciously. The accused, 32-year-old Arif Mohammed Aslam Shaikh, is a resident of Bandra West.