Overview

• Crime Branch officers raided a ground-floor unit in Bindapur’s Matiala that was disguised as an ice-cream factory and arrested 52-year-old Dilbagh Singh.
• Police recovered 693 kg of firecrackers across 42 brands stored in unsafe conditions within a densely populated residential building.
• Singh told investigators he hoarded the stock to sell during the festivals and bought it from roadside shops in Kurali, Punjab, where sales are not prohibited.
• A separate September 30 operation in Samta Vihar seized 122 kg and led to the arrest of Radha Raman, who said he sourced the consignment from Gurugram.
• Officials report more than 4,600 kg seized since September 1 with 10 arrests, citing a 3,580.4 kg haul in Rajouri Garden and a Mandoli case involving 914 boxes linked to a supplier from Meerut, with cases filed under BNS sections 223(B)/288 and Section 9(B) of the Explosives Act.