Searches and Nakachecking have begun everywhere following the Delhi Red Fort explosion. During one such checking at a checkpoint, a vehicle packed with explosives has been recovered in Nalhati, Birbhum. According to police sources, there were approximately 20,000 gelatin sticks in the vehicle. Where these explosives were being taken – whether to some stone quarry or if the purpose was something else – that is being investigated, according to reports. Police have arrested one person in connection with the incident.
Thirteen people died in the horrific explosion in Delhi. Twenty-six were injured. Since that incident, a high alert has been issued across the country. Central investigating agencies have started investigating the incident. Detention and arrest of suspects for interrogation is also ongoing. Amid all of this, a huge quantity of gelatin sticks has now been recovered in Birbhum.
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This huge quantity of gelatin sticks was recovered from Sultanpur under the Nalhati police station. Police have claimed that 20,000 pieces of gelatin sticks were being illegally transported in a pickup van coming from Jharkhand's Pakur. Acting on secret information and coordinating with Pakur police station, Birbhum district police intercepted this pickup van during checking operations from a Naka checkpoint.
Gelatin sticks are usually used for stone blasting work in Birbhum's stone industrial area. However, police are investigating whether this huge cache of gelatin sticks was being brought for use in the stone industrial area or if there was some other motive behind this.
