Srinagar, Aug 17(KNS): A man from West Bengal was arrested on Thursday with a pistol that he had stolen from a house here, police said.

"Lokesh Kumar, a native of West Bengal’s Alipurduar, who is currently living in Elahi Bagh Soura area was arrested at a joint naka at Regal chowk in the early hours of the day," the police said in a tweet.

Kumar had stolen the licensed pistol earlier in the night from a house in Srinagar. "An FIR has been registered at Kothibagh police station," he added.(KNS).