Nagpur, May 7: A 40-year-old passenger was arrested after two live cartridges were allegedly found in his bag before he could board a flight at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur, police said on Wednesday.

CISF officials discovered the cartridges in the shaving kit carried by Irfan Khan Sardar Khan, a resident of Tajbagh area, during security screening before he could board an IndiGo flight to Mumbai on Tuesday, police said. Air India Deplanes Passenger From AI-2820 Flight at Kempegowda Airport Amid ‘Operation Sindoor’ Alert.

Khan claimed he brought the cartridges unknowingly from a friend's farmhouse in Ramtek city. Police raided his home and the farmhouse but found nothing suspicious. Khan was produced in a court and remanded to police custody, officials said.

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