A two-member team of American Citizen Services Unit at the US Consulate General in Hyderabad on Friday visited the Jharpada Special Jail to meet US national William Michel, now lodged in the jail after being arrested by the Commissionerate police on Wednesday for possessing bullets.
The engineer was about to board a charted flight for Paradip when police arrested him and seized as many as eight 0.22mm live bullets from his possession at the Biju Patnaik Airport here.
The team comprising of Deputy Chiefs of the unit Suttom Eagher and Chitra Sanam met Michel at the jail for at least an hour but did not reveal anything about the discussion to mediapersons.
later, the team met Bhubaneswar DCP Nitinjeet Singh. Singh clarified that it was a courtesy call of the American Citizen Services Unit to enquire about the arrest of the US national. Singh clarified that there was no discussion on his bail plea.
Earlier, Jharpada Jail superintendent Rabindranath Swain said though William wanted to talk to his family members, it was not possible because of unavailability of international call services at the prison.