Mohali resident rounded up with ammo at airport

Chandigarh: A 36-year-old Mohali-based businesswoman, Meena Sharma, was rounded up for questioning on charges of possessing a live cartridge of .32 bore revolver at Chandigarh airport on Thursday. The ammunition was found in her handbag when she was scheduled to take a Jet Airways flight at 8:55 am for Hyderabad via Delhi.
SHO of Police Station-31 inspector Bakhsish Singh said the ammunition was found during scrutiny by the x-ray machine of Jet Airways airlines at the airport. The airlines staff detained her and called police.
Sources said though UT police gave a clean chit to Meena, claiming the cartridge had mistakenly been placed in her bag, Sharma had entered the airport after undergoing checks at the entrance. The ammo belongs to sub-inspector (SI) Parminder Singh of Nawanshahr police in Punjab. He is a cousin of Meena and had taken her bag some days ago while going for a training programme. He had mistakenly kept the cartridge in the bag then. Meena had taken back her bag only on early Thursday, cops added.
Meanwhile, SI Parminder Singh was also summoned to Police Station in Sector 31. He was told to carry his licensed .32 bore weapon and its cartridges.
30/04/10 Times of India

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