Overview
- Police recovered 150 kg of illegal firecrackers from a Shakurpur home and arrested Vini Chopra, with a case registered under the Explosives Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Investigators say a supply racket in Mandoli was busted with three arrests — Bhagwati Prasad, his son Tarun Singhal, and Rajiv Goel — and 914 boxes seized from a shop and a godown, allegedly sourced from Meerut.
- In a separate raid in Bindapur’s Matiala village, officers seized 693 kg stored under the cover of an ice cream unit and arrested Dilbagh Singh, who told police he bought stock in Kurali, Punjab.
- Officials reported on Friday that more than 4,600 kg had been seized in recent weeks with 10 arrests as teams continue raids to map suppliers and disrupt distribution ahead of Diwali.
- The largest haul to date was 3,580.4 kg recovered from a Rajouri Garden house on September 25, leading to the arrest of Sushil Kakkar, his wife Upasana, and their son Shivam, with sourcing linked to Meerut, Gurugram and Ghaziabad.