Two persons were arrested in two separate operations by the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch for storing a total of 725 kg of firecrackers, an official said on Tuesday.
This comes at a time when Delhi-NCR awaits the Supreme Court’s final order on the ban on crackers in the region.
Acting on a tip-off, a team raided a house in Uttam Nagar and apprehended Gaurav Gupta, the officer said, adding that 77 kg of firecrackers were recovered from his residence. The accused, Gupta, who earlier sold firecrackers with a valid licence till 2022, continued the trade despite the ban on the sale and use of prohibited fireworks, police said.
In another raid, the team apprehended Rajeev Kumar, 52, a resident of Najafgarh, after recovering 648 kg of illegal firecrackers stored at a storage unit in Shyam Vihar.
The items were kept under the guise of a carton storage unit in a densely populated area, posing a serious threat to public safety, the police said.
Published – October 15, 2025 01:21 am IST
