Courier delivery man held with explosives

Acting on a tip-off, the district police intercepted the accused and seized the explosives, district police superintendent, Mayur Patel, said.

The consignment was to be delivered to two persons. On interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed that the company used to deliver two to three such consignments per month, Patel said.

The detonators were manufactured by a Dholpur-based company, while the gelatine was produced by a Nagpur-based firm, he said.

It is suspected that smugglers, who used to procure explosives from adjoining West Bengal to supply in the district's quarries, were now procuring it from western and northern states in view of raids by police, he added.