3 held for illegal sale of explosives

Hyderabad: Rachakonda police arrested three persons for illegal

sale

of

explosives

and seized 1,800 detonators and 1,600

gelatin

sticks from their possession. Acting on specific information, Special Operations Team of Rachakonda police arrested, Putta Raju, 47, a businessman, K Rajeshwar, 33, a car driver and V Jagan, 40, a private contractor near Bibinagar toll plaza on Thursday.

Raju has been into the business of supplying detonators and gelatin sticks to clients to conduct rock blasting. Raju procures explosives from known licensed dealers for a higher price and sells them to clients in the city, Mahabubabad and Nalgonda. So far eight cases were registered against him for indulging in

illegal

sale of explosives at Cyberabad, Rachakonda commissionerates, Nalgonda and Mahabubabad districts.

Rajeshwar is the co-brother of Raju and the two have been working together for the past few years. According to police, Raju has been procuring boxes of gelatin sticks and detonators for Rs 4,500 and Rs 3,000 respectively from a licensed explosive dealer in Janagaon district. He has been selling them to clients by charging Rs 10,000 for a box of Gelatin sticks and Rs 6,000 for a box of detonators.

The licensed dealer who sold explosives to Raju through an employee, Lalya Naik is absconding.


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