The Delhi Police has arrested a man for allegedly possessing firecrackers without valid crackers licence in Northwest Delhi's Mahendra Park area. Police have also recovered around 870 kg of crackers from the possession the accused.
The accused has been identified as Pankaj Kansal a resident of Mahindra Park, Delhi. "In order to check the unauthorised activities of fireworks teams were formed and following a tip off a raid was conducted at a fireworks and cracker shop namely "Kansal Fireworks" in DDA Market, Jahangir Puri from where 46 cartoons containing fire-crackers kept inside the shop was found", Vijyanta Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northwest said.
"During enquiry, the shop-owner failed to show the requisite license regarding these illegal fire-crackers. Subsequently, the police has registered case under sections 286/188 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 9B Explosive Act at Mahendra Park Police Station and further investigation is underway," said the DCP.