A woman passenger, who was wearing a bullet as a pendant around her neck, was briefly detained by security officials at the Anna International Airport in Chennai on Saturday.
Airport sources said Noor Bi Kaleel (52), a native of Vandavasi in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, came to board a Sharjah-bound Air Arabia flight this morning. After clearing immigration formalities, she went through security check. During frisking, it was found that she was wearing a 5.56 mm bullet, covered by threads, as the locket for a chain she was wearing around her neck.
Noor, who has been working as a domestic help in Sharjah, told the authorities that she was advised to wear the "sacred thread" by an Islamic cleric as a "remedy" for her heart ailment.
She had been wearing the pendant for the past three years, she said.
After a thorough investigation, security official seized the bullet from her and allowed her to leave for Sharjah, the sources said.
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