Mentally disturbed woman carried stray bullet in hotel car parking created panic situation

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

A stray bullet was found in the car parking of a star hotel opposite Jakkur airport on Friday afternoon, triggering a rift among the police, suspected of disruptive activities

Senior officers along with dog squad,bomb squad and other staff rushed to spot and cordoned off the area as precautionary measures.

senior officer as, DCP Northeast, CK Baba along with other officers rushed to spot and after inspecting the spot and collecting stock of the situation he said,The incident came to light when Fayaz Ahmed , housekeeping staff of the hotel found the bullet at the parking lot while sweeping on Friday afternoon.He alerted his manager who in turn alerted Yelahanka police.

The Yelahanka police inspector and team rushed to the spot and cordoned the area for further investigations after registering the case under Indian Arms Act.

A team of police rushed to the hotel and summoned the Bomb Detection Squad who inspected the entire hotel to find another bullet in the flower pot of the hotel .

The police team analyzed the CCTV footage to find a woman throwing in the bullet into the flower pot.

The police with the help of other footage tracked down the woman with the help of vehicle registration number and found that the family belonged to a retired captain of the air force and hailed from north India .

Further investigations revealed that the family owned a licensed german made rifle and the woman who said to be mentally disturbed carried the ammunition to the hotel and threw it around.

The Yelahanka police on Monday summoned the family and recorded their statement for further investigations.

The police are now filing a detailed report before the court seeking permission to close the case he added.