Indian god dropping a weapon in prison (5)
I believe the answer is:
shiva
'indian god' is the definition.
'Shiva' can be an answer for 'god' (Shiva is a Hindu god). I'm not sure about the 'indian' bit.
'dropping a weapon in prison' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'weapon' could be 'shiv' (shiv is a kind of weapon) and 'shiv' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shiva that I've seen before include "Major Hindu god with third eye in middle of forehead" , "Jewish period of mourning" , "Destroyer goddess of Hinduism" , "God presiding over personal destinies" , "Major Hindu deity (the destroyer)" .)