“We have arrested the owner of the vehicle, Mahesh Singh, and two others — Ramprabesh Prasad and Rajesh Kumar Sharma. The receiver of the ammunition, Dilip Mishra, has also been detained and we are investigating his involvement in the case,” said Rajeev Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police, STF.

According to a senior officer, Singh runs a shop of licensed guns in Patna and also owns a small media house there. The vehicle has been registered in his wife’s name. The official further said the bullets were manufactured in the Ordnance factory in Pune in March.

“Apart from the bullets, cash worth over Rs 2 lakh was recovered from the vehicle. We have communicated the incident to the Bihar Police and they also have started investigation the matter,” added the officer.

“The bullets were certainly for some terrorist groups active in the city. There is a possibility that Maoists were the final receivers of the ammunition. We are looking into the matter,” said Kumar.