Kerala police recover 8,000 gelatin sticks in Palakkad ahead of 75th Independence day

New Delhi, August 05: Ahead of India's 75th Independence day, Kerala police thwarted a possible tragedy and sized a large number of explosives in Palakkad's Ongalloor in the state on Thursday.

 

As per the reports, the sized explosive includes 8,000 gelatin sticks stacked in 40 boxes. There were around 200 gelatin sticks contained in a single carton.

 

 

Police swang into the action after the residents notified them about the abandoned boxes that were found near a quarry in Vandanakkurissi, near shornur in the Palakkad district. The policeinitiated the probe by interrogating quarry owners. The CCTV footage across the area is also being checked.

 

Police have lodged FIR in this connection and also started an investigation into the matter. The police investigation is focusing on finding those who had left the explosive materials near the quarry.

 

 

 

In November 2000, police seized 7,500 detonators and 7,000 gelatin sticks from a mini lorry from Palakkad’s Walayar. Those explosives were hidden along with several cartons of tomatoes which were being transported from Erode in Tamil Nadu to Angamaly in Ernakulam district.

 

It may be noted that recently suspects with links to ISIS were arrested from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. On July 28, a man named Asif was arrested in Tamil Nadu. The NIA questioned him for ten hours and after that, he was taken into custody. A case has been filed against him under various sections of the IPC and UAPA. Apart from this, one of the men, Adil alias Zuba, was arrested in Tamil Nadu last Monday, that is, July 25, 2022.