Chhattisgarh police has detected sleeper cells of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), a banned fundamentalist outfit, following the recent recovery of live bullets in garbage at different places in Raipur.
Police sources said several bullets neatly packed in cigarette packets were recovered accidentally at garbage dustbins at three places, one of them being right behind a police station, in the state capital recently.
“The bullets were sent to ammunition testing laboratory at Jabalpur to find out where they were sourced from. Although it could not be confirmed so far from where the bullets were sourced, two arms manufacturers in India have denied having made them. SIMI activists were found to be using such ammunition”, a senior police officer told this newspaper here on Sunday requesting anonymity.