IT professional arrested for storing 115 kg firecrackers

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 25 2016 | 5:57 PM IST
An IT professional has been arrested for allegedly storing 115 kg firecrackers in his house in Karampura area of west Delhi, police said today.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from Moti Nagar police station carried out search at the house of Pulkit Sharma and recovered huge quantity of firecrackers yesterday.
The accused could not produce any licence or any other document for storing such a huge quantity of firecrackers, said Vijay Kumar, DCP (west).
The accused was nabbed and the firecrackers were seized.
A case under relevant sections of IPC and the Explosive Act has been registered.
Police said Sharma worked with an IT company in Noida and had stored crackers to earn quick money ahead of Diwali.

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First Published: Oct 25 2016 | 5:57 PM IST

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