330 bullets, 1,010 empty cases found on GMCH quarter premises

At least 330 live rounds and 1,010 empty cases were found near drainage on the premises of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) quarters at Ajni here today, police said.
According to police, some boys, who were playing under a tree located on the GMCH quarters premises, first spotted a couple of bullets near a heap of mud and informed about it to others, following which police were alerted.
"On being informed, a police team reached the spot around 11.30 am. A search was carried out on the premises, during which around 330 live bullets and 1,010 empty cases were recovered from a drainage on the premises till afternoon," assistant police inspector (API) K N Gaddime of Dhantoli police station said.

Some repair work has been going on at the drainage system from where the bullets were recovered, he said.
"Police checked the entire premises of the GMCH quarters till 4 pm and during the preliminary probe it has came to light that the quarters near which the cartridges were found was allotted to an NCC official, who had got transferred some days back," Gaddime added.
It is suspected that the cartridges belonged to him, he said.

"We contacted the NCC department here and conducted a joint inspection, wherein it came to light that the concerned cartridges are used in the NCC training programme. The GMCH NCC wing has allotted four quarters to the NCC staff there," Gaddime said.

Similarly, police have started investigating the matter and have called for the records of the cartidges from NCC, the API said adding, "However, the NCC official who stayed there earlier, could not be contacted."
Further investigation is on.