ADILABAD: Jainad police seized explosives worth Rs 20 lakh without having a licence and arrested six accused on Thursday. The explosives include 20,000 electronic detonators and 90 boosters and two vehicles and six cell phones.
Police arrested Chapyala Parusharam, 30, of Kanagurthy village in Odela mandal in Peddapalli; Vallepu Theja, 23, of Hanumankonda; Kadam Shravan, 36, of Veenvanka mandal; Sura Ranjith, 25, of Bheedevarapalli mandal and Kasturi Madhu Kiran, 28, and Pagala Sampath Reddy, 52, of Shankarapatnam mandal.
Giving details to the media, Adilabad SP Akhil Mahajan said the explosives were being transported to Telangana from Uttar Pradesh and added that they were intended to sell for higher prices to mines and crushers.
He informed that they have seized the vehicles with explosives at the Pipparwada toll plaza, and cases have been registered against nine accused. SP said the accused are procuring explosives from Ravikumar.
DSP L. Jeevan Reddy, Jainad CI G. Shravan, CCF Inspector Chandrasekhar and SI P. Goutham were present at the press conference.
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