Nine people have been arrested in Gurugram and Faridabad over the past two days for allegedly selling firecrackers in violation of the NGT direction imposing complete ban on the sale and use of crackers in the National Capital Region.
In adherence to the directions of Gurugram Police Commissioner K.K. Rao, Gurugram Police arrested four people from different parts of the district on Thursday for allegedly selling firecrackers. The four have been identified as Roshan Lal, Arun Kumar, Sunil and Gagan. They have arrested four persons on Wednesday too. Roshan was arrested near Rana Hotel in Sector 18 and a bag containing crackers was seized. Arun was arrested with a bag of crackers in Sirhaul village’s Harijan Mohalla. Similarly, Sunil was held near Gadauli Khurd village allegedly with three bags and two cartons of firecrackers.
Badshahpur police arrested Gagan with two bags containing firecrackers. Four cases have been registered in connection with the arrests and an investigation is on.
The Adarsh Nagar police in Faridabad also arrested one Yadram, a resident of Subhash Colony, for allegedly selling firecracker and seized around 23 kg crackers. He has been booked under different sections of the IPC and Indian Explosives Act. Yadram was produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody. On Wednesday, the Gurugram police had arrested four persons Satbir, Khushi Ram, Sanjay and Satya Prakash from different parts of the district for allegedly selling crackers The police claimed to have seized ten bags and 15 cartons of firecrackers from the accused.
