During a drive against the criminals as directed by the Chamoli district superintendent of police Tripti Bhatt, Chamoli police have seized a large quantity of explosives from a car on Tuesday. Police claimed to have seized nitrate powder, cartridges and detonating fuse among others on Tuesday. The driver of the car was also arrested.
It is learnt that the Chamoli police station in-charge Satyendra Singh stopped a Bolero near Telladham, Pipalkoti and during the search, found it loaded with explosives. The police arrested the driver identified as Yogendra Singh, resident of village Kasunder in Pauri Garhwal district, and registered a case under the relevant act. The driver was being interrogated during the time of the filing of this report. The team which seized the explosives comprised SHO Satendra Singh, sub inspector Shrikant and constable Manoj.
It is pertinent to mention that 45 gelatin rods had been recovered from one Satyapal Singh on May 13 by the police of Gopeshwar police station. Besides, police had seized 14 gelatin rods from one Rajesh Gusain by Karnprayag police on September 22.