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Army man carrying two live grenades arrested at Srinagar airport

BI India BureauApr 3, 2017, 12:12 IST

A soldier carrying two live grenades was arrested at the Srinagar Airport. He was flying to Delhi.

The police said the army personnel, identified as Rifle man Bhupal Mukhia, was arrested by the anti-hijacking squad from Srinagar's civil airport.

He has been taken to for interrogation in central Kashmir's Humama. Mukhia told the police he was carrying the grenades so he could cause a blast in the river from which he wanted to catch fish.

Mukhia is a resident of village Bhosoli Gaom in Darjeeling.

More details are awaited