Explosive-laden trucks entered several states

Madhya Pradesh police said they had information that the 60 trucks laden with explosives and gelatin sticks were sent to various states.

Madhya Pradesh police today said they had information that the 60 trucks laden with explosives and gelatin sticks that had mysteriously vanished in the last four months were sent to various places in Rajasthan,Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

We have received information that out of 60 trucks laden with explosives and gelatin sticks,26 were sent to Bhilwara in Rajasthan,32 in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra and two to Bioara in Madhya Pradesh, Additional Superintendent of Police (Sagar),Manoj Singh told PTI here.

Meanwhile,Superintendent of Police V K Suryavanshi said that Sagar police has sent three probe teams to Ahmednagar,Bhilwara and Dholpur in search of the missing trucks.

Four persons,one from Rajgarh and three from Sagar district,have been booked under various sections of the Explosive Act in connection with the case,he said.

On the basis of investigation,police has registered a case against Shivcharan Heda of B M Traders of Explosives,Jaikishen Aswani of Rajgarh,the owner of Ganesh explosives,Devendra Singh Thakur and its Muneem,Rajendra Choubey,he added.

A total of 61 trucks laden with explosives and gelatin sticks worth about Rs 1.30 crore,sent from Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited in Dholpur of Rajasthan to a Sagar-based trading company,Ganesh explosives between April to July,had reportedly vanished during transportation.

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