B'deshi national held with ammunition at airport

Kolkata: A Bangladeshi national was arrested by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport police station on Monday for allegedly carrying 36 rounds of ammunition inside his luggage. During the baggage scanning, it got identified and he was immediately detained by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Later, he was handed over to the police.

According to the police, on Monday at around 6:30 am, Md Golam Haider, a resident of Sirajgunj, went through necessary scanning at the airport. While scanning his luggage, metal items that looks like bullets were identified.

Immediately, CISF personnel took Haider, along with the luggage, to a separate room where the bag was opened.

It was found there were 36 rounds of .32 bore bullets inside it. Following the process, he was questioned about the bullets found inside his luggage.

As per Haider, he has a licenced revolver in Bangladesh for which he was carrying those bullets.

He also stated his arms licence number but failed to produce any document to corroborate his version. As he did not declare these bullets before the check-in process, he was handed over to the police.

Meanwhile, police is trying to figure as to how he passed his luggage checking procedure in Dhaka before boarding the flight to India?

At around 2:45 pm, the duty manager, security of Air India, submitted a written complaint to the NSCBI airport police station following which Haider was arrested.

Sources informed that Haider came to Kolkata on September 5 for the treatment of his wife along with an attendant.

His wife and her attendant were given no objection to board the flight on medical grounds. They flew to Dhaka leaving Haider here.

Haider has been booked under section 25 (1)(A) of Arms Act for possessing illegal ammunition and was arrested.

He will be produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore, on Tuesday.

The police have informed the Bangladesh High Commission accordingly regarding Haider's arrest. The Intelligence Branch (IB) and Detective Department (DD) of Kolkata Police has been informed through an all concern message about the incident.