Saidapet police receive toy gun in parcel

June 14, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:33 am IST - CHENNAI:

Personnel of the crime wing of Saidapet police received a toy gun on Friday evening. The parcel was addressed to the ‘DGP Office, encounter section’ and Natarajan, sub-inspector, crime, Saidapet.

Wrapped in paper

The parcel wrapped in brown paper, carried a black colour plastic gun used by children to burst roll cap crackers during Deepavali festival. Saidapet police, however, denied receiving any such parcel. City police sources said residents were upset about Saidapet policemen not acting on certain complaints and that the toy gun parcel could have been sent to take a jibe at them.

Sources said residents were upset about Saidapet policemen not acting on certain complaints and that the toy gun could have been sent to take a jibe

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