CISF nabs man with bullet at Delhi's IGI airport

An Indian man coming from Riyadh was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Tuesday for allegedly carrying a bullet in his baggage, officials said. As the passenger had no documents for carrying the live ammunition round, he was offloaded and handed over to the Delhi Police for a further probe by Central Industrial Security Force CISF personnel, they added.

An Indian man coming from Riyadh was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Tuesday for allegedly carrying a bullet in his baggage, officials said. They said the passenger, identified as Anis, was intercepted with a bullet of 7.65-mm calibre when he was undergoing security checks at Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to board a connecting plane to Surat in Gujarat.

The passenger had arrived from Riyadh on a GoAir plane on Monday night and was supposed to board an Indigo aircraft to Surat at 6:30 am on Tuesday, the officials said. As the passenger had no documents for carrying the live ammunition round, he was offloaded and handed over to the Delhi Police for a further probe by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, they added.