Massive haul of explosive materials was seized by Parwalia police and a man involved in making crackers illegally was nabbed from Tara Sewania village on Friday. Around 277.1 Kg of raw materials of explosives worth Rs 2 lakh were recovered.
Police said that massive unauthorised explosive material was seized from a cracker manufacturer who was preparing sounding cracker bombs.
SHO of Parwalia police Girijashankar Mahobiya said, the accused Chandramohan Sahu (36) was nabbed from his farms at Tara Sewania village.
The accused had a license for manufacturing of flower pots, sparklers which got expired in the month of February 2017 and later he started to manufacture sounding cracker bombs. Around 11,000 sounding cracker bombs have been recovered from his possession and raw material including green colour which was to be used for sounding cracker bombs was seized.
The accused confessed that this was the first consignment which he was scheduled to sell but was nabbed before he could sell the sounding cracker bombs, he added. A case under section 3 and 5 of the Explosive Substance Act-1908 was registered by the police.
Meanwhile, Chhola police have nabbed a 19-year-old youth and seized 300 bottles of country made liquor worth Rs 18,000 near Bhanpur Bridge on Thursday.
Police said that the acting on a tip off, a youth was nabbed with a scooter carrying six boxes and when the boxes were searched country made liquor was found.
The nabbed accused was identified as Saurabh Sen of Barkhedi. The scooter bearing registration number MP04SV6053 was seized along with the liquor.
The police have registered a case under section 34 (2) of the Excise Act.