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New Delhi, May 28 (PTI) The Delhi police today brought here for questioning the three Italians, detained in Mumbai and Pune yesterday in connection with the recovery of live cartridges from a 5-star hotel in the national capital where they had stayed. Giulio Ponetto, Giovanni Ceccomello and Donato D''ngello were brought by the special cell officials of the Delhi police and were questioned in connection with the case, police sources said. The police is investigating their motive behind bringing the ammunition here and also whether they smuggled it into the country or bought it here. Investigators are also looking into their contacts in the country, they said. These three Italians and two Indians were detained in Mumbai and Pune yesterday after 24 cartridges were allegedly found from a room in Hotel Radisson near the Indira Gandhi International Airport where they were staying. Besides the live cartridges, two dismantled empty magazines of Italian make were recovered from the air conditioner in the room by the hotel staff on the evening of May 24. The two Indians, who were caught with them were, however, let off by the authorities after a through interrogation, they said. Giulio Ponetto was detained at Mumbai airport while Giovanni Ceccomello and Donato D''ngello were picked up from a hotel in Shivajinagar area of Pune along with two Indians - Rajesh Sethia and Sagaraj Suri - who were present with them in the same room. According Mumbai police, 52-year-old Ponetto was planning to fly to Munich in Germany by LH 765 Lufthansa Airlines to evade arrest. The Italians, who claimed to be working with a petrochemical company, had checked into three rooms in Hotel Radisson on May 24 and left after seven hours, according to Delhi police. A case was registered against them under the Arms Act. PTI PKU SJY.
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