Man threatens people at gunpoint, arrested

Coimbatore: The city police have arrested a 37-year-old man for threatening people at gunpoint and possessing obscene videos and photos of several women in a pen drive.
A police patrol team detained A Sameer Ul-Huq, 37, of Nava India, while he was standing near a public bathroom at Puthiyavar Nagar on Avarampalayam road and taking photographs of women walking on the road using his mobile phone at 5pm on November 30.He even threatened passers-by with an air pistol when they questioned him for his act. On interrogation, Sameer told police that he was running a computer sales centre in a commercial complex on 100 Feet Road in the city. When police checked his bag, they found two air pistols, a mobile phone and a pen drive.
Police took him to the Kattoor police station and continued their interrogation. The pen drive contained obscene photos and videos of several women. He was engaged in match-fixing as well during IPL matches. Sameer had also bought cars from many people at low prices by threatening them at gunpoint, police said.
Police arrested Sameer on Wednesday morning and booked him under sections 25 (1) (a) arms act, 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.