Illegal firecrackers seized from two separate places, 2 booked

The Chatiwind police seized as many as 700 boxes and 56 bags of illegal fire crackers stashed at two places at Ibban Kalan village here on Wednesday.

The police have booked two persons under the Explosives Act. The accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh of Sahibzada Fateh Singh Nagar and Balwinder Singh of Sanghna village.

Amritsar SSP (Rural) Charanjit Singh said both suspects did not have the requisite licence for storing firecrackers without any precautionary measures. This can lead to some untoward incident in an accidental spark near the storage.

Giving details, he said the police got information that Gurpreet Singh had an illegal firecracker factory and a storage at Ibban Kalan village. A raid was conducted by a police team which seized 500 boxes of firecrackers and 40 bags of unpacked firecrackers.

Similarly, the police seized 200 boxes and 16 bags of crackers from the premises of Balwinder Singh.

He said separate cases under the Explosives Act and other relevant sections of the BNS have been registered against them. Raids were on to nab them, he said.

It may be mentioned here that two persons, including a woman, was killed while five others were injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker unit at Nangal Guru village in Jandiala area earlier this month.