India, Sept. 27 -- More than 1.7 kilograms of marijuana and 10 live cartridges were recovered from the official quarter of a head constable located inside the Gurugram police lines on Thursday night, said officials on Friday.

The matter came to light when Minu Lal, 32, alerted the police control room on Thursday alleging that her father-in-law, Pokhar Ram, 57, the head constable, and other in-laws including her husband Ramji Lal, 35, were assaulting her.

A police team reached the spot and the woman helped them in making the recoveries including a pistol suspected to be toy using which the head constable had threatened her by pointing it at her head after which senior police officials were roped in for thorough investigation, said police...