NIA takes over probe into seizure of gelatin sticks, detonators in Kerala’s Malappuram
Kochi: The NIA has taken over the probe into the seizure of a big amount of gelatin sticks and detonators from Tirurangadi in Kerala’s Malappuram district in February this yr, officers mentioned on Thursday.
The Nationwide Investigation Company took over the case final month and lately approached the Judicial First Class Justice of the Peace-I court docket in Parappanangadi searching for switch of case data to its particular court docket in Kochi, sources mentioned.
The case pertains to the seizure of 89,600 gelatin sticks hid in 448 packing containers, together with 10,500 non-electric shock tube detonators, from an onion-laden lorry at Chemmad close to Tirurangadi on February 7, 2026.
Performing on a tip-off, police raided a brick manufacturing unit the place a lorry carrying onions was parked and located folks unloading the explosives from it.
Officers on the Tirurangadi police station mentioned the case has been handed over to the central company.
“We had arrested six individuals in reference to the case. Although our probe indicated that the explosives have been meant for unlawful quarrying, the NIA determined to conduct an in depth investigation contemplating the big amount seized,” an officer advised PTI.
Police mentioned their investigation discovered that the explosives originated in Bijapur, Karnataka.
The case was registered underneath Sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act.
The NIA is anticipated to interrogate the accused after transferring the particular court docket in Kochi.
An in depth probe into the origin and provide chain of the explosives will even be carried out, sources added.
A couple of days earlier than the seizure of explosives at Tiruragandi, over 100 packing containers of gelatin sticks and detonators have been additionally seized in a lorry carrying watermelons at Palakkad.
