Overview
- STF officers raided an unauthorised warehouse in Barua Gopalpur and seized 1,150 gelatin sticks, 989 detonators and 12,000 metres of detonating cord, leading to the arrest of Md. Reza Sekh (alias Guda) and Mukesh Singh, officials said on Thursday.
- A separate STF operation in the Jamuria/Pandabeswar area recovered 21 illegal firearms and 65 rounds of ammunition and resulted in the arrest of a suspect identified as S.K. Sahajan.
- Authorities have registered criminal cases and formed a special STF team with ATS involvement to carry out forensic tests, trace suppliers and establish whether the industrial‑grade explosives were meant for illegal mining, sabotage or organised crime.
- The raids form part of a sustained STF campaign in West Bengal that has produced multiple recent arms recoveries and narcotics arrests, with officials saying follow‑up searches and interrogations are continuing.
- For residents and regional security officials, the key next steps to watch are forensic tracing of the explosives, phone and financial audits of the suspects, and whether probes reveal interstate supply links to Bihar or Jharkhand.