A passenger travelling on Air India Express flight IX1810 from Varanasi to Mumbai has said his pistol was not loaded, but the weapon discharges during the incident, according to recalls cited by NDTV.
NDTV reports that the passenger, Kamlesh Kedarnath Rai from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, was travelling with his wife. The pistol was described as a 7.62 mm firearm, and the airport staff recall that it had 21 live cartridges at the time of the incident. The report frames the episode around the mismatch between what the passenger claimed and what the ammunition status was believed to be.
With only one outlet provided in the materials, there are no competing or differing angles from other sources to reconcile here. The available account focuses on the passenger’s statement that the gun was unloaded and the subsequent discharge, along with the specific details about the ammunition count mentioned in the airport staff recollection.
