Huge haul of explosives seized, five arrested in UP

Kanpur(UP), Aug 25 (PTI) The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)and police in a joint raid seized a huge cache of explosivesfrom Ghatampur area today and arrested four persons here whileone person was arrested from Jhansi in connection with thecase. "30,000 detonators, 20,000 gelatin sticks and 600 kg ofammonium nitrate were seized and five persons, four fromKanpur and one from Jhansi, were arrested," Inspector Generalof Police, Aseem Arun said. "A 14-year-old boy was also detained during the raid butwas later released," he added. The accused arrested from Kanpur have been identified asNirbhaya Mishra, Vikrant Singh, Om Narayan and Pankaj Singh,all hailing from Sasaram, Bihar. During interrogation, they told police that they used tobuy explosives from one Charan Singh of Jhansi and wouldsupply them in other parts of the country. "A police team was rushed to Jhansi and Charan Singh wasarrested," the IGP said, adding some explosives were alsorecovered from his possession. "On the occasion of Eid some explosives were recovered inthe city following which a joint team of ATS and Kanpur crimebranch was formed to unearth the gang dealing in explosives,"said Arun. "A police team will soon rush to Bihar for furtherinvestigation. Efforts are underway to nab other gangmembers," the IGP added. PTI CORR CHT RGCHT