India, Feb. 23 -- The Powai police have arrested an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) dropout from the campus hostel for alleged illegal possession of five 7.65mm live bullets. The live rounds were procured by the accused, Sarvottam Anand Satishchandra Chaudhary, 23, from Bihar, and were found in a bag in the hostel room allotted to his friend, a first-year BTech student at the institute, police officers familiar with the matter said.

"The accused and his friend claimed they had kept the bullets to show off in front of their friends," a police officer told Hindustan Times, requesting not to be identified. "We are probing if they had any other motive."

The IIT-B, in a statement, said some current students were questioned by ...