NEW DELHI; Police in Delhi's North-East District have arrested five people in five separate cases for allegedly selling and storing firecrackers without valid licences, seizing around 91.9kg of illegal firecrackers during coordinated operations across three police station areas.
The operations were carried out on November 6 in areas under the Jyoti Nagar, Shastri Park and Dayalpur police stations as part of an ongoing crackdown on the illegal sale and storage of firecrackers, according to IANS.
Three arrested in Jyoti Nagar
Police conducted three separate operations in Jyoti Nagar, arresting three people and recovering 61kg of firecrackers.
In the first operation, police arrested Sunay Kumar, 42, near Hanuman Phatak in Ashok Nagar Market and recovered 26kg of firecrackers, including Sky Shots, Bullet Bombs and Chakkaris. A QR code check revealed that the firecrackers were not certified as green crackers. He was also unable to produce a valid licence.
In the second operation, Atul, 20, was arrested in Gali No. 3, D-Block, near Hanuman Mandir on Fatak Road in Ashok Nagar. Police recovered 13kg of illegal firecrackers from him.
In the third operation, Khem Chand, 54, was arrested near Mangal Bazar in Amar Colony, with 22kg of firecrackers recovered from his possession.
Two arrested in Shastri Park and Dayalpur
In Shastri Park, acting on a tip-off, a police team arrested Awadhesh, 50, near GBSS School on Durga Mandir Road. Police recovered two plastic sacks containing 20.360kg of illegal firecrackers from him.
In a separate operation, Dayalpur police arrested Yasin, 40, on Main Karawal Nagar Road near a temple in Nehru Vihar. He was allegedly selling firecrackers without a valid licence. Police recovered 10.550kg of firecrackers from his possession.
Separate cases registered
Police said separate first information reports (FIRs) had been registered in all five cases. None of the arrested individuals had any previous criminal involvement, according to police.
Further investigations into all five cases are under way. - The Statesman/ANN
