NIA arrests two in West Bengal detonator seizure case
New Delhi (IANS) | The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made two new arrests in the West Bengal detonator seizure case. An official has given this information on Saturday.
The accused arrested on Friday have been identified as Merajuddin Ali Khan, a resident of Bokaro, and Mir Mohammad Nuruzzaman, a resident of Birbhum.
In June 2022, a Tata Sumo car carrying around 81,000 electric detonators was intercepted by STF Kolkata. The stock of detonators was seized and the driver Ashish Keora was arrested.
Keora led the police to a cache of illegally stored explosives including 27,000 kg of ammonium nitrate, 1625 kg of gelatin sticks and 2325 more electric detonators.
Initially, the case was registered at PS MD Bazar and later it was taken over by the NIA in September 2022. After probing the case, the NIA made its first arrest in January 2023. They arrested one Rintu SK.
Now two more accused have been arrested from Raniganj and Kolkata.
“While Mir Mohammad Nuruzzaman supplied 27,000 kg of ammonium nitrate to Rintu SK, Merajuddin Ali Khan supplied electric detonators and gelatin sticks to Rintu SK,” the official said.
Further investigation is on in the matter.
