2 bullets found in bag of ex-MP’s wife at airport

  • | Saturday | 21st July, 2018

Archana told police that the bullets — of .32 calibre — belonged to a relative, who has an arms licence, and they ended up in her bag inadvertently. She was released after questioning.In July 2017, a 30-year-old woman from Mumbai, Shweta Bane, was caught carrying four bullets in her baggage at Bhopal airport. She didn’t have an arms licence and couldn’t explain how the bullets got into her baggage. He told police that the ammunition belonged to his brother, who has an arms licence. Shweta, who runs an institute to train insurance agents in Mumbai, told police that her grandfather was a former cop and her mother “might have put the bullets in her luggage by mistake”.

Bhopal: CISF personnel found two bullets in the handbag of Archana Thakur, wife of former Congress Rajya Sabha member Surendra Thakur, as she was preparing to board a Delhi-bound flight on Friday.Police said Archana, 45, was not allowed to board the flight and handed to Gandhi Nagar police station for investigation. Archana told police that the bullets — of .32 calibre — belonged to a relative, who has an arms licence, and they ended up in her bag inadvertently. She was released after questioning.In July 2017, a 30-year-old woman from Mumbai, Shweta Bane, was caught carrying four bullets in her baggage at Bhopal airport. Shweta, who runs an institute to train insurance agents in Mumbai, told police that her grandfather was a former cop and her mother “might have put the bullets in her luggage by mistake”. She didn’t have an arms licence and couldn’t explain how the bullets got into her baggage. She was booked under the Arms Act, produced in court, and spent time in Bhopal central jail.In June 2016, a Mumbai-bound passenger, Sayed Saif Ali, was caught with as many as 30 cartridges in his bag. CIS stopped him from boarding the flight. A case was registered against him. He told police that the ammunition belonged to his brother, who has an arms licence.

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