Police arrests 2 with explosives in large quantity

Two persons have been arrested here for allegedly possessing large quantity of illegal explosives, police said today.
Among the seized explosives include 318 bags of ammonium nitrate, 1350 gelatin rods, detonators and fuse wire in large quantity were recovered from the spot, SP Rajesh Singh said.
Following a tip-off, police party raided a house yesterday and caught the accused while they were offloading the explosives from vehicles, Singh said.
The explosives are generally used for mining purposes, and the police is investigating if the accused were involved mining activities, he said.
The vehicles and the explosives have been seized, while the two accused - Mahaveer Singh and Pappu Singh - have been arrested, he said.

"The accused are being interrogated to ascertain source of the materials," he said.