Hyderabad, August 05: The sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force (North Zone) on Thursday apprehended seven persons including a licensed dealer, who were indulging in illegal sale and possession of explosive material and seized 870 gelatin sticks, 1900 detonators, one car, one scooter and Rs 25,000 from their possession.
According to task force police, the accused have been identified as Pullagurla Sudershan Reddy, Pullagurla Janga Reddy, Kasaraboina Srinivas, Mareddy Ranga Reddy, Palani Swamy, Varikuppala Balamma and Kalumula Dayanand.
The task force police arrested them based on a tip off given by accused Varikuppala Balamma and Kalumula Dayanand, who were arrested near Padmalaya Studios and based on their confessions, apprehended the remaining accused at various places.
The accused persons were handed over to Jubilee Hills police station for further investigation.
The Jubilee police recovered 2000 gelatin sticks and 6000 detonators stocked at a godown.
——Agencies