Cuttack, February 17: The police today stumbled upon at least two truckloads of illegal crackers and gunpowder at Padampur on the outskirts of the city.
The huge cache of explosives was detected when police conducted raids in the area in connection with the yesterday’s night bomb blast in the locality.
At least two persons were arrested in connection with the blast as well as for possession of explosives, said police Inspector Bidyut Panda.
According to reports, a powerful bomb went off inside the house of Nirakar Barik in the locality last night.
The market value of the seized explosives would be over Rs two lakh, police said adding although the area is famous for manufacturing crackers for Diwali, it could not be ascertained why such a huge accumulation of gunpowder as made at this time of the year.
–Agencies