Delhi: Man held with live bullets at Botanical Garden metro station

R Tiwari, a resident of Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended after the luggage scanner at the metro station detected the bullets inside his bag.

A 21-year-old man was apprehended on Sunday at the Botanical Garden metro station in New Delhi for allegedly carrying two live bullets in his bag, officials said.

A Delhi metro train in New Delhi India. (HT File Photo)

CISF personnel apprehended R Tiwari, a resident of Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh, after the luggage scanner at the metro station detected the bullets inside his bag at about 1 pm, they said.

The man was handed over to the local police by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) team for further investigation, officials said. The passenger could not furnish legal permission or licence for the ammunition, they added.

Carrying arms and ammunition in the Delhi Metro is banned by the law.