Mohali: Police have busted an illegal firecracker manufacturing and storage unit operating from a residential area in Lalru and arrested two persons, while the alleged kingpin remains absconding.Acting on a tip-off, Lalru police raided a shop and an adjoining residence on Dahar Road. During the operation, police recovered 25 bags containing sulphur, gunpowder and other…
Ahmedabad: A day after nine people, including three minors, were killed in a blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Ramol, Ahmedabad police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut on Sunday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT).Gahlaut told the SIT to submit a progress report within 10 days.The explosion occurred around 3.30pm on Saturday at New Gujarat…
Ahmedabad: At least nine persons, including three children, were killed and several others sustained severe burn injuries after a powerful explosion ripped through an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Ramol area on Saturday afternoon, said fire and police officers. Police have detained the factory owner for questioning and a case of culpable homicide not…
Ahmedabad: It was remorse at a later stage of the trial that prompted Ayaz Saiyed — an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case — to turn approver and reveal to the court the conspiracy hatched by members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to bomb the city.Saiyed’s testimony proved crucial…
Kolkata: Troubles have deepened for arrested TMC Falta strongman Jahangir Khan’s wife Sarika Khan as police added provisions of the Arms Act and Explosives Act to the case registered against her in connection with the violent protests that she had led outside the police station on Tuesday.Police teams, under the supervision of the district’s new…
Jaipur: Days after an explosion at an illegal firecracker unit in Jaipur’s Kho Nagoriyan area killed eight people, police have busted another unauthorised firecracker storage facility in the locality and arrested its operator, officials said on Wednesday.The raid was carried out by a team from Kho Nagoriyan police station at a shop in Shankar Vihar…
