PANIPAT: Police here have unearthed a cracker store, allegedly functioning from a residential area in Tehsil Camp area of the city and arrested two persons for violating the rules. They also confiscated crackers worth over Rs 1 lakh.
On a tip-off that some persons were hoarding crackers after renting an accommodation in Jawahar Colony ahead of Diwali, police arrested Praveen Chabbra and Jatinder Chabbra, brothers, who owned a general store in the same locality and had set up this store behind their shop.
Police said that the lure of making huge profits by buying crackers at lesser rates and selling these at higher rate near the festival, proved too much for these people, who did not bother much about putting lives of many in danger by storing crackers in residential areas.
A few days back, three persons had lost their lives in neighbouring Karnal district, as a major fire broke out in a similar store in Shri Ram Colony there. Police said that a case has been registered against the two. The crackers confiscated would be sold through open auction as it was not possible for them to store these at the police station for long, police said.
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Illegal-cracker-store-unearthed-two-arrested/articleshow/10448413.cms
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