Police seize car laden with explosives at Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border check post

The police have put up check posts at strategic locations, especially in the border areas, ahead of elections.

A representational photo of a border check post on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border. | Photo Credit: Special ARRANGEMENT

Alert Kolar police on April 8 seized a car laden with huge amounts of explosives being transported into the city from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh .

The police have put up check posts at strategic locations, especially in the border areas, ahead of elections. They intercepted a car during random check and recovered a huge quantity of explosives headed from Karnataka-Andhra border at Nangali check post at Mulbagal taluk in Kolar district .

While one of the accused was caught, his associate managed to escape . The arrested has been identified as Asif Hazrath Ali. As many as 1200 gellatin sticks, seven boxes of wire, six detonators were seized.

Investigation is on to ascertain the source of the explosives and whether the explosives were transported for illegal quarrying, Kolar SP M. Narayana, said .

It may be recalled that the Bellandur police discovered a bunch of gelatin sticks and an electrical detonator stored in a box in a tractor parked at a labour shed opposite a school at Chikkanayakanahalli in Bengaluru on the night of March 17.

Police Sub-Inspector Revannsiddappa alerted his senior before seizing the material and registering an FIR against the owner of the tractor under the Explosives Act and Section 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance) of the Indian Penal Code.