Delhi Police arrest man with 312 kg of illegal firecrackers in Shahdara

NEW DELHI The Delhi Police arrested a 26-year-old man for storing and selling illegal firecrackers from his residence in Shahdara and seized 311.97 kg of firecrackers, the police said on Wednesday (November 4, 2026). The accused, Harshit Mittal, a resident of Balbir Nagar, was arrested on November 3 following a raid by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Shahdara district, following a tip-off that he was selling illegal firecrackers from his house. Also Read: What are ‘green firecrackers’?

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/what-are-green-firecrackers/article71660574.ece The seized material was taken into police possession. A case was registered at Shahdara police station under Sections 288 and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 9(b) of the Explosives Act. The accused was subsequently arrested and questioned, the police said.

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