27 gelatin sticks among explosives recovered in Assam; man arrested

Diphu, October 22

Explosives, including gelatin sticks, were recovered from a house in Diphu town in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district and a man was arrested in connection with it, a senior police officer said.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the state police and the CRPF personnel launched a raid at a house in Dilaji area of Diphu town on Monday night and dug out the explosives from its compound, said DSP Nahid Karisma.

One Lalchandchok F Tusingh was arrested, the officer said.

Some 27 gelatin sticks, six packs of other explosives and electric wires were recovered, the DSP said.

The nabbed man has claimed during interrogation that he had procured the explosives from his friend in Meghalaya for selling them to people seeking to catch fish by detonating the explosives, the officer said. PTI