Gun-wielding man arrested inside Green Park

A man carrying a revolver broke through the heavy security cordon and entered the Green Park Stadium premises, hours after the Indian and Sri Lankan teams arrived in Kanpur on Saturday for the second Test.

The man, who claimed to be a journalist, was arrested by the police immediately and is being interrogated upon.

Kanpur DIG BP Jogdand said the city police immediately sprang into action after they got information that a man was roaming near the parking area of the stadium with a revolver around his waist.

"We arrested him immediately. He said his name is Laxmi Kant Gupta and claimed to be a journalist of Bahujan Kesari Patrika. His revolver though has a licence. He said he had come to make an entry pass for his vehicle. The interrogation is on," Jogdand said.

Those who were present at the stadium, however, said the man was loitering around for some time inside the stadium with his revolver. He also had some altercation with security personnel at the gate.

Following the incident, the DIG has ordered that nobody would be allowed entry into the stadium without proper frisking.

The second Test between India and Sri Lanka starts on Tuesday.