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“I was leaving for home around 10.30 am, and walked towards my motorcycle. As the air pressure in the bike’s rear tyre was a bit low, I bend down to check it. That’s when I saw a plastic bag lying nearby. Out of curiosity, I touched it with my foot and it felt heavy,” Jadhav said.

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Trigger effect: Ganesh Jadhav points at the spot where he found the revolver inside a plastic bag. He immediately informed the Bund Garden police station. Pic/Sandip kolhatkar

When the 35-year-old opened the bag, he was shocked to the core. “I was stunned when I saw a revolver inside. As the Bund Garden police station is just outside the hospital, I immediately informed the cops about it,” he said.

Chanced upon: A ward boy found the revolver near the main entrance of the psychiatric department building at Sassoon hospital at 10.30 am yesterday.u00a0Pic/Krunal Gosavi

Soon police officials reached the spot and took possession of the firearm. D G Kulkarni, superintendent of Sassoon hospital, said, “The police have done the panchnama of the spot.” When asked about the security in the hospital, Kulkarni said, “As so many people visit the hospital everyday, the miscreant may have taken advantage of the crowd and had threw it here.”

When contacted, officials from Bund Garden police station said that they have registered a case against an unidentified person under the relevant sections of the Arms Act. U N Sonawane, senior PI, said, “We rushed to the spot as soon as Jadhav called us and have seized the revolver.”

Conspiracy to kill?
According to a police officer, it’s quite possible that somebody had brought the revolver to kill a prisoner, and may have abandoned it after sighting cops in the vicinity. Several dreaded criminals are brought to the hospital of check-ups regularly. Besides, when prisoners were lodged in the ward for treatment, their relatives and their friends too come to meet them.u00a0The officer, however, clarified that the visitors are allowed to meet the victim only in presence of cops.u00a0

Special 27
Ward No 27, which is also known as prisoners’ ward, was formed after several prisoners — including the prime accused in Nayana Pujari rape and murder case — managed to escape from the hospital.