Siliguri, Jun 27 (PTI) A man was arrested with a country-made pistol at the Bagdogra airport in West Bengal's Siliguri on Monday, police said.

Mohammed Rahanuddin, a resident of Katihar in Bihar, was at the airport to catch a flight to Chennai, they said.

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He was intercepted by the CISF with the pistol when he was undergoing the security check, they added.

The CISF handed him over to the Siliguri Metropolitan Police for investigation.

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Rahanuddin told the police that he was going to Chennai for medical treatment, an officer said.

However, the accused could not give a satisfactory answer that why he was carrying a firearm, he said.

A case has been registered, and an investigation is underway, the officer said.

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