Five arrested with cache of explosives

Lucknow, January 31: Five persons were arrested today with a huge cache of explosives in Mirzapur district, police said.

“24 packets containing 5160 gelatin rods and 29 detonators were recovered from them in Kanchanpur Haraura village,” Special Director General of Police Brij Lal told reporters here.

The arrested were identified as Umesh Shukla, Gyanesh Pandey, Deependra Mishra, Prem Singh and Ramesh Chandra Shukla, he said.

“Harbansh Packing Products Nagpur was printed on every packet and during interrogation the accused revealed that they used the explosives to crush rocks,” Lal said.

–Agencies