Gelatine seizure puts focus on mining sector

Gelatine, the explosive used in the Jaipur serial blasts on May 13 that claimed 68 lives, could have been procured locally...

Gelatine, the explosive used in the Jaipur serial blasts on May 13 that claimed 68 lives, could have been procured locally, police said on Wednesday. Preliminary investigations revealed that the explosive could have been acquired from mining units in Rajasthan.

The Rajasthan Police said gelatine is often smuggled out of the mining industry and the Bharatput Police’s recovery of 162 kg of gelatine along with fuel wires and detonators, on Tuesday confirmed it. Senior police officers said the recovery has shown how important it is to step up security in the mining sector.

Following a tip-off, the police raided a house in Nagal village in Kaman and arrested three persons.

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Bharatpur additional superintendent of police, O P Dayma said: “We recovered gelatine sticks each containing 125 gms of gelatine. We also found fuse wires and detonators with the explosives. One of those arrested includes Deepak, an explosives expert.”

Rajasthan Additional Director-General of Police A K Jain, heading the special investigative team probing the Jaipur serial blasts, said the explosives used in the strike included gelatine. “We know this from the bomb that was diffused. Gelatine was used to cause some of the explosions on May 13,” Jain said.

“There is a certain amount of pilferage from the mining sector, though the police always maintain a vigil on them. But explosives could be discreetly sold off once in the hands of the mine owners,” Jain added.

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