Srinagar: A soldier caught on Monday with two live grenades at the Srinagar airport reportedly named an Army Major who has been called for questioning by the Jammu and Kashmir police.
The jawan, Bhupal Mukhia, who spent Monday in the lock-up, was granted interim bail by a local court on Tuesday.
The court has listed the case for next hearing on April 6.
On questioning, the jawan told the police that Major Vivek Seth of 17-JAK Rifles had directed him to carry the grenades to Delhi where, on his arrival, “someone would pick up the consignment”.
The army had initially said that the jawan was carrying drill items, but later said action would be taken against the guilty.
Police sources said the Major is outside the state and the commanding officer of the unit has assured that the Major would cooperate in the investigation. He was likely to reach by Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, another soldier was stopped from boarding a flight after he was detected of carrying a sone live bullet. Panday Raj of Army Medical Corps was detained for sometime by the anti-hijacking unit of Srinagar airport after his baggage was scanned at the first security counter. He was later handed over to army.
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