Delhi NCR: Crime Branch seized over 600 kg of illegal fireworks, one held

New Delhi: The Crime Branch has arrested an event manager indulging in the illegal use of fireworks in Delhi NCR and seized 630 kg of illegal fireworks causing air pollution, said police.

According to DCP Crime Sanjay Kumar Sain, in view of poor air quality in Delhi and the NCR region, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has passed directions regarding a complete ban on all kinds of firecrackers on manufacturing, storage, and selling including delivery through online marketing platforms and bursting in the NCT of Delhi up to 01.01.2025.

For effective implementation of the ban, the Delhi Police have taken several steps, including creating awareness among the general public about the ban on firecrackers. The teams of the crime branch have been tasked with identifying the persons/companies indulging in the illegal use/sale of fireworks.

During the exercise, on receipt of secret information about the storage of illegal firecrackers, a team of the crime branch conducted a raid on December 15 in Jagatpur, Delhi, where the owner of the godown, named Ram Prakash, a resident of Burari, Delhi, was nabbed. During the search of his godown, cold pyrotechnics have been found, according to a press release.

In violation of the above notification, a total of 30 cartons having a total of 5400 cold pyro crackers and a total weight of 630 kg have been found, which were seized. Therefore, a case u/s 223 B.N.S. was registered against the accused, and he was arrested accordingly, said police. (ANI)

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