Overview

• Crime Branch officers raided premises in Bindapur’s Matiala village after a tip-off and detained one suspect.
• Illegal stock was found on the ground floor disguised as an ice-cream manufacturing unit and stored in unsafe conditions in a densely populated area.
• Police arrested 52-year-old Dilbagh Singh, who told investigators he purchased the fireworks from roadside shops in Kurali, Punjab.
• The seizure included firecrackers from 42 brands, and a case was filed under Sections 223(B)/288 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 9(B) of the Explosives Act.
• Investigators are tracing the wider network after recent related seizures, including 122 kg recovered in Samta Vihar on September 30 from a suspect who cited sourcing in Gurugram.