During the operation, police raided a rented shop and four temporary firecracker stalls, recovering 17.5 kg of sutli bombs and explosive materials. Bahraich : Police arrested five people in the Nanpara police station area on Monday evening for allegedly manufacturing and selling illegal sutli bombs.
During the search, officials recovered 2.6 kg of sutli bombs, 800 grams of fuse material and a bundle of sutli weighing 1.8 kg. The recovery included 2.45 kg from Jishan’s shop, 3.05 kg from Shivam Soni’s shop, 3.2 kg from Aman Soni’s shop and 3.15 kg from Mohammad Rais’s shop. A case has been registered against all five accused at Nanpara Kotwali police station under Section 5(a) of the Explosives Act.
Information was received during routine patrolling that sutli bombs were being manufactured and sold from a rented shop in Siddiq Madiya, according to police. Police said sutli bombs were also recovered from shops operated by Jishan, Shivam Soni, Aman Soni and Mohammad Rais. The four shopkeepers had permission to operate Diwali firecracker stalls, but were not authorised to sell sutli bombs, according to police.
Acting on the tip-off, police raided the shop and arrested Anwar Ali. During questioning, Ali allegedly admitted to manufacturing sutli bombs and selling them to associates. Based on his disclosure, police inspected temporary firecracker stalls at the Sahadat Inter College ground in Nanpara kasba. Police later produced them before a court.