Overview
- Ramkrishna Majhi, BJP Yuva Morcha executive president in Ketugram, was arrested at Esplanade bus terminus in Kolkata with 120 live bullets.
- The ammunition recovered included 100 pieces of 8 mm and 20 pieces of 7.65 mm bullets, according to Kolkata Police.
- Majhi was detained, interrogated, and arrested after failing to explain how he came to possess the bullets.
- A prior search of his residence in East Bardhaman district did not uncover him or the ammunition.
- The arrest has fueled political tensions, with the Trinamool Congress questioning the BJP's potential links to illegal arms trafficking.