This Article is From Feb 01, 2016

Trinamool Leader Detained At Kolkata Airport For Carrying Unlicensed Gun

Trinamool Leader Detained At Kolkata Airport For Carrying Unlicensed Gun

Naren Chakraborty had boarded a chopper from Andal airport and landed in NSCB airport in Kolkata in the afternoon.

Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress leader was on Sunday detained by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Kolkata airport for trying to board a Chennai-bound flight with an unlicensed gun, police said.

Naren Chakraborty, a member of the Durgapur Zilla Parishad and Pandabeshwar Block Trinamool Congress president, had boarded a chopper from Andal airport and landed in NSCB airport in Kolkata in the afternoon, the police said, adding he was scheduled to leave the city for Chennai on a SpiceJet flight in the evening.

"CISF detained Chakraborty at the check-in point after it was found that he was carrying a gun and some cartridges but had no arms licence. The CISF then contacted us and handed him over. We are investigating the case," said a senior police officer at Airport police station.
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