Delhi police arrests IT professional, recovers 115 kg of illegal firecrackers from him

In a shocking incident, an IT professional has been arrested for allegedly storing 115 kg fire crackers in his house in Karampura area of west Delhi.

Acting on a tip-off, a team from Moti Nagar police station carried out search at the house of Pulkit Sharma and recovered huge quantity of firecrackers on Monday.

The accused could not produce any licence or any other document for storing such a huge quantity of firecrackers, said Vijay Kumar, DCP (west).

The accused was nabbed and the firecrackers were seized.A case under relevant sections of IPC and the Explosive Act has been registered.

Police said Sharma worked with an IT company in Noida and had stored crackers to earn quick money ahead of Diwali.