A 63-year-old traveller was booked aft the authorities recovered a revolver and 5 unrecorded cartridges from his container astatine Pune International Airport, officials said connected Sunday (September 21, 2025).
The incidental took spot connected September 19, they said.
Chandrakant Prabhakar Bagal was scheduled to committee a Pune-Varanasi formation erstwhile the limb and ammunition were detected during baggage screening astatine Level 2B of the airport, a constabulary authoritative said.
As per Bureau of Civil Aviation Security norms, it is mandatory to study possession of specified a firearm and ammunition.
“The rider held a licence to transportation the limb wrong Maharashtra but was recovered travelling extracurricular the authorities (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh),” the authoritative said.
A lawsuit has been registered against Bagal astatine Vimantal constabulary presumption nether the Arms Act, the authoritative said, adding a probe is underway.
