SOT RACHAKONDA BUSTED THE ILLEGAL TRANSPORTATION OFEXPLOSIVES –RRESTEDTHREEPERSONS – SEIZED THE HUGE HALLS OFEXPLOSIVE MATERIAL DETONATORS – 1800, GELATIN STICKS –,TWOFOUR WHEELERS (MARUTHI RITZ & ERTIGA) AND (3) MOBILE PHONES.
On 18.03.2021 at morning hours, on receipt of credible information, thesleuths of SOT Bhongir zone of Rachakonda Commissionerate caught threepersons viz., A-1 Putta Raju, A-2 Kotagiri Rajeshwar and A-3 Varikoppula Jagan in
possession of (1800) Detonators, (1600) Gelatin sticks which they were transportingillegally in two vehicles i.e., Maruthi Ritz car bearing no.TS-08-UA-8845 and MaruthiErtiga car bearing no.TS-30-G-1966 near Toll plaza under the limits of Bibinagar PS.Seized the above explosives and vehicles along with (3) mobile phones of A-1 toA-3 from their possession & instance.CR.NO.64/2021 U/S 5 OF EXPLOSIVES SUBSTANCE (AMENDEMENT) ACT 2001, SEC.9B (1) (B) OF EXPLOSIVES ACT 1884 OF BIBINAGAR PS, RACHAKONDA POLICE
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DETAILS OF ACCUSED PERSONS:
1. Putta Raju s/o Chandraiah, age; 47 years, Caste; Goud, Occ; Business, R/oH.No.15-1/3, Main Road, Alair village & mandal, Yadadri Bhongir district(Explosives supplier cum transporter).2. Kotagiri Rajeshwar s/o Kistaiah,ge;33years, Caste; Goud, Occ; Cardriver, R/o Kollur village of Alair mandal, Yadagiri Bhongiridistrict.Explosivessupplier cum transporter).3. Varikoppula Jagan s/o Pentaiah, age;40years,Occ;Compressorblastingcontractor,R/oIndiranagar, Balapur ‘X’ road, Meerpet, Hyderabad, N/oAkuthotapally village, Amanghal mandal of Nagarkurnool district.(Explosives Receiver).4. Lalya Naik @ Lallu Naik, Occ; Supervisor of Sri Laxmi Narsimha Enterprises,R/o Veldanda village, Narmetta mandal of Jangon district. (Absconding).5. Owner of M/s Sri Laxmi Narsimha Enterprises, Kesepuram village, H/oYerrakunta thanda, Rayaparthi mandal of Janagon district. (Absconding).
SEIZURES :
1) Electrical Detonators – 1800 numbers.2) Gelatin sticks – 1600 numbers.3) Maruthi Ritz car bearing no.TS-08-UA-8845.4) Maruthi Ertiga car bearing no.TS-30-G-1966.5) Cell phones- 3
BRIEF FACTS:
The A-1 Putta Raju is professional & habitual in transportation and supplyingof illegal explosive material to the needy people for conducting illegal blastingoperations in different areas. He gets acquaintance with some of the licensedexplosive dealers, offers them the more price than the normal and manages themto supply the required explosives for illegal blasting operations. Thus, he so farinvolved in the following cases under the limits of Rachakonda & CyberabadPolice Commissionertes, as well as under the limits of Nalgonda andMahbubbabad districts.
1. Cr.No.48/2006 U/s 9 B (1) (b) Explosives Act 1884 of Gudur PS,Mahabubabad district.2. Cr.No.112/2011 U/s 9 B (1) (b) of Explosive Act 1884 & 5 of ES Act 1908 ofNalgonda-I Town PS of Nalgonda district,3. Cr.No.223/2016 U/s 286 IPC, Sec.9 B (1) (b) of Explosive Act 1884 ofShamirpet PS of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate,4. Cr.No.549/2018 U/s 9 B(1) (b) of Explosives Act of Narsingi PS of Cyberabad5. Cr.No.227/2019 U/s 336, 188 IPC, Sec.9 B (1) (b) of Explosives Act 1884 of PSBhongir Rural of Rachakonda,6. Cr.No.122/2019 U/s 3 & 4 of Explosives Substance Act 1908 of PS Thurkapallyof Rachakonda,7. Cr.No.342/2019 U/s 336, 286 IPC, Sec.9 B (1) (b) of Explosives Act 1884 ofBhongir Rural of Rachakonda,8. Cr.No.548/2020 U/s 9 (B) of Explosive Act 1884 & 5 of ES Act 1908 ofShamirpet PS of CyberabadIn all the above cases, the A-1 was arrested. However, he did not changehis attitude and still he has been continuing this illegal activity. Recently, on theinstructions of the A-1, his co-brother A-2 Kotagiri Rajeshwar s/o Kistaiah alsoassociated with him for committing this illegal activity so as to earn easy money.During this process, the A-1 got acquainted to the owner of M/s Sri Laxmi NarsimhaEnterprises, Kesepuram village of Janagoan district who is a licensed explosivedealer. Since the A-1 offered him more price than the normal, the licensedexplosive dealer A-5 used to supply the required explosives to the A-1 through hissupervisor A-4 Lalya Naik @ Lallu Naik as and when required. Actual price of thedetonators is Rs.1600/- per box which contains (200) pieces, whereas the price forgelatin sticks is Rs.1600/- per box which contains (180) pieces. But, the A-1
purchases the for the detonator box for Rs.3000/-, while the Gelatin box forRs.4500/- and sells the same @ Rs.6,000/- and 10,000/- respectively. The A-3Varikoppula Jagan s/o Pentaiah who has compressor tractors is also in a habit ofconducting blasting operations for the needy people on receipt of orders.Likewise, since the A-3 Varikoppula Jagan got a contract for conductingblasting operations in a venture belongs to one Mahipal Reddy under the limits ofAdibatla PS, instead of proceeding by the legal process, he approached the A-1
and disclosed him the requirement of explosive material. Accordingly, the A-1Putta Raju & A-2 Kotagiri Rajeshwar collected the required explosives i.e., (1800)Electrical Detonators, (1600) Gelatin Sticks from the firm of A-5 through the A-4Lalu Naik and handed over the same to the A-3 at Alair. Thereafter too, on therequest of A-3, the A-1 & A-2 agreed to escort the above explosive material tillthe work site. Accordingly, today i.e., on 18.03.2021 at early hours, the A-1 to A-3left Alair village in two cars i.e., Maruthi Ritz car bearing no.TS-08-UA-8845 and
Maruthi Ertiga car bearing no.TS-30-G-1966 to the work site of the A-3 locatedunder the limits of Adibatla.
But, on receipt of credible information, today i.e., on 18.03.2021 at morninghours, the sleuths of SOT Bhongir zone with the help of Bibinagar Police caught theA-1 to A-3 in possession of the above explosive material and seized the samealong with above two cars which they used for the illegal transportation ofexplosive material.The above arrests were made under the supervision of Sri Mahesh MBhagwat, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda Commissionerate, SriG.Sudheer Babu, IPS., Addl. Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda under thedirect guidance of Sri J.Surender Reddy, Addl. Dy., Commissioner of Police,Special Operations Team, Rachakonda, by Sri P.Venkateshwarlu, Inspector ofPolice, Sri Manmadh Kumar, SI of Police & staff of SOT Bhongir Zone, SriH.Raghavender, SI of Police Bibinagar & his staff.