Kolkata: Bidhannagar police have arrested two persons on the charges of threatening a local youth on gunpoint.
The incident sparked tension among locals, who were walking along the Shaymnagar road on Saturday evening.
The complainant, Pradip Nayek, told the police that he was passing through the area when one person, later identified as Debu Mukherjee, took out a firearm and threatened him on gunpoint.
One Gazi Oraon, a local resident, was accompanying the accused. Some of the locals managed to catch hold of the accused.
They were also roughed up by the irate mob. After being informed, police rushed to the spot and arrested both the youth. Police have recovered one firearm and two rounds of cartridges from his possession. Both the youths have been remanded to five-day police custody after being produced before Bidhannagar court on Sunday.