India, Nov. 15 -- Investigators probing the murder of a Singapore-based executive Paramjith Dhankhar, who was shot dead, allegedly by his neighbour Mohan Sharma in Faridabad's Sector-21C on November 6, said they have recovered at least 299 empty cartridges fired from the two licensed pistols owned by Sharma, raising suspicions of his links with arms smugglers.

Investigators said that under no circumstances could he have legally purchased these cartridges from gun-houses, as only 30 to 50 are issued annually to civilians possessing a general arms licence. In contrast, Sharma virtually had at least 80 live rounds with him at the time of the murder, besides the empty ones recovered from his home during the search.

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