Read Correspondent
Sonbhadra/Uttar Pradesh
As part of the campaign being run against the storage and sale of illegal firecrackers in the district, Bijpur police recovered 920 kg of illegal firecrackers from two shops in the town on October 27. The estimated value of the recovered firecrackers is said to be around Rs 3 lakh.
According to the police, 750 kg of firecrackers were recovered from Ranjit Jaiswal's shop and about 170 kg from Rajendra Gupta's shop. During the investigation, no valid document related to the storage of firecrackers was found. Also, the firecrackers were stored in an unsafe manner, leading to the possibility of an untoward incident.
In relation to this action taken under the direction of Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma, necessary legal action is being taken by registering a case under Section 9B (1) (B) of the Explosives Act under FIR No. 119/2026 in Police Station Bijpur.