A man supplying explosives to Maoists arrested
Lucknow, May21: A man suspected of transferring explosives to Maoists has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh.
Ashok
Kumar
got
arrested
on
Thursday,
May
20,
evening
from
Langdra
area
in
Sonbhadra
district,
with
a
number
of
detonators
and
gelatin
rods.
Police
also
caught
the
commonly
used
commercial
explosive,
ammonium
nitrate.
"The
man
is
making
contradictory
statements
about
the
explosives
recovered
from
his
possession.
We
cannot
rule
out
the
possibility
of
Kumar's
involvement
in
supplying
of
explosives
to
Maoists,"
said
Ms
Shukla,
Police
Inspector
in
Sonbhadra.
Police said tha they could seize more than 50 kg of ammonium nitrate, 25 detonators and 25 gelatin rods from this person.
Sonbhadra district is around 300 km from Lucknow.
OneIndia News