Six persons were arrested on the charges of carrying huge quantity of explosives in Sonbhadra on Saturday night during a routine checking.
Those arrested were identified as Santosh Kumar Bind of Mirzapur, Firoz Khan, Kamrudin, Madan Sahu, Mohammed Ansari and Basant Patel, all of Sonbhadra district. The cops recovered 2200 Gelatin rods and 2500 detonator wire from the miscreants. The cops also recovered the SUV by which they were carrying the explosives.
The miscreants owned up their crime during investigation. They disclosed that they had purchased the explosives from Anand Mishra of Imiliya Chatti under Ahiraura police station of Mirzapur. They told police that they were to sell it to those in stone crushing business.
The police said the miscreants were arrested on a tip of a local informer and they were arrested from near Khempur village. The police denied that the miscreants had any link with red terror outfits, active in Sonbhadra stating that the preliminary findings in the case did not reveal so. The arrest came to police vigil on Naxalite’s enhanced activity in the area. The police registered a case under explosive act against those arrested and are working on the case further.