5,000 detonators seized in Uttar Pradesh

November 8th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS  

Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) Three men were arrested Tuesday and around 5,000 electronic detonators seized in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

Rajesh Pal, Ashok and Shekhar - all in their mid-30s - were nabbed while moving suspiciously in a car in Ahraura town.

“We cannot rule out the possibility of their involvement in supplying explosives to Maoists,” police inspector Satyendra Kumar told reporters in Mirzapur, some 300 km from Lucknow.

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