The CISF has apprehended a Port Blair-bound passenger for allegedly carrying seven live cartridges in his baggage at IGI Airport.
According to a senior CISF official, around 4 am on Tuesday, during checking of the baggage of the man identified as Ashu Varshney, bullets were detected in the bag.
“During checking of the bag by the security personnel, seven live bullets of 8 mm calibre were recovered from the bag of the passenger. He was scheduled to take an Air India flight to Port Blair,” said the senior CIS official. “As carrying arms and ammunition inside an airport terminal or in a plane is banned under the Indian aviation laws, the traveller was not allowed to board the flight and he was handed over to the Delhi Police as he could not produce any document for possessing the ammunition,” said the senior CISF official.