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US citizen Manjita Dhillon get detained at Amritsar airport with 25 bullets

Darpan News Desk IANS, 25 Feb, 2015 11:56 AM
    A US citizen of Indian origin was detained Wednesday at the Amritsar International Airport with 25 live bullets when she was trying to board a flight to New Delhi, police said.
     
    The woman, a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), was being checked by security personnel, a senior police officer told IANS here.
     
    The woman, identified as Manjita Dhillon, was scheduled to board the Jet Airways flight (9W 2662) from Amritsar to New Delhi.
     
    She was on her way to Pune via New Delhi, the police officer said

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