A Pakistani businessman was arrested yesterday for allegedly carrying live cartridges at the Rajasansi Airport in Amritsar. Sheikh Arif Mohammed, a resident or Sialkot, was arrested while he was boarding Air India flight for Delhi. Police said he was carrying live pistol cartridges of .32 bore in his luggage which were detected during the x-ray scanning.

He had crossed over to India via the Wagha border to take part in the Trade Fair at Pragati Madan in New Delhi.