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Gelatin sticks, detonators seized near Yavatmal in Maharashtra

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Press Trust of India Yavatmal (Maha)
The Anti-Terrorism Squad and local police in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district today seized a large cache of gelatin sticks and electronic detonators used in rock-blasting.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Harful Godu Jat (Chaudhari) (33), resident of village Jawanpura in Rajasthan, and seized 702 electronic detonators and 600 gelatin sticks hidden in a field between villages Akola Bazar and Barad Tanda, said superintendent of police M Raj Kumar.

Police also arrested Dnyaneshwar Shende, who was in possession of the field on lease, and who allegedly allowed Jat to hide the explosives there.

A case under Explosive Substances Act was registered.
 

The SP said though such explosives are used for blasting rocks, the accused did not have necessary permissions to possess them.

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First Published: Feb 11 2017 | 8:22 PM IST

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