Illegal firecracker units busted, explosives worth Rs2 Crore seized, Five held

Bahadurgarh, Oct 27 (UNI) Haryana Police have busted two alleged illegal firecracker manufacturing and storage units at Saulda village in Jhajjar district recovering 1.73 lakh 'Pyro Anar' firecrackers packed in 874 cartons and materials worth an estimated Rs2 crore. Five accused have been arrested in the operation. The joint raids were conducted by CIA-2 Bahadurgarh and Sadar Bahadurgarh police under the direction of DCP Crime Shubham Singh, following a tip-off that firecrackers were being manufactured, stored and sold without the required licences and permits. According to CIA Bahadurgarh in-charge Inspector Naresh Kumar, the first premises yielded 95 cartons containing 19,000…