Murder accused threatens witness in court

Witness Atul Tyagi complained that Bablu Shukla flashed a pistol to pressurise him to turn hostile in the case when he was in the court to make his statement yesterday.

A murder accused, who allegedly threatened an eye-witness by flashing a gun inside court room, has been taken into custody, police said.

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Witness Atul Tyagi complained that Bablu Shukla flashed a pistol to pressurise him to turn hostile in the case when he was in the court to make his statement yesterday, they said.

Police later recovered the fire-arm from the accused and seized his licence.