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Ahead of Republic Day, constabulary successful Rajasthan's Nagaur territory seized a immense cache of explosives from a workplace and arrested a antheral successful transportation with the recovery, officials said connected Sunday (January 25, 2026).
Acting connected a tip-off, the constabulary conducted a raid precocious connected Saturday (January 24) nighttime successful Harsaur village, wherever 9,550 kg of ammonium nitrate packed successful 187 sacks was recovered from a field, Nagaur Superintendent of Police Mridul Kachhawa said.
Ammonium nitrate has antecedently been linked to large blast cases, including an detonation adjacent Delhi's Red Fort successful November 2025, officials noted.
Suleman Khan, a nonmigratory of Harsaur village, was arrested astatine the spot. He has 3 erstwhile transgression cases registered against him, the SP said.
Besides ammonium nitrate, constabulary besides seized a ample quantity of explosive accessories, including 9 cartons of detonators, 12 cartons and 15 bundles of bluish fuse wire, and 12 cartons and 5 bundles of reddish fuse wire, officials said.
Preliminary interrogation has revealed that the accused was allegedly supplying explosives to radical progressive successful ineligible and amerciable mining activities, Mr. Kachhawa said, adding that a lawsuit has been registered nether applicable provisions of the Explosives Act.
The SP further mentioned that Central agencies person been notified astir the seizure and are expected to question Suleman arsenic portion of a wider probe.
