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The case was registered in September 2022 following the seizure of around 81,000 electric detonators from a vehicle in the Md. Bazar Police Station area in Birbhum by a team of STF, West Bengal.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 28 filed its first supplementary chargesheet in the June 2022 West Bengal case related to the seizure of a huge cache of electric detonators, nonels (non-electronic detonators) and explosives.
The chargesheeted accused are Merajuddin Ali Khan @Meraj Khan@MerazKhan and Mir Md. Nuruzzaman @ Romeo @ Mir @ Jamai @Prince. They have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Explosive Substances Act.
The NIA investigations revealed that Merajuddin Ali Khan had supplied the electric detonators and gelatin sticks to Rintu Sk @ Muntaj Ali, one of the five accused charge-sheeted earlier. Mir Md. Nuruzzaman had illegally supplied 27,000 kg ammonium nitrate to Rintu. The duo had also prepared forged and fabricated documents, which they uploaded on PESO site, to cover up their crimes.
As per the NIA press release, the case was registered in September 2022 following the seizure of around 81,000 electric detonators from a vehicle in the Md. Bazar Police Station area in Birbhum by a team of STF, West Bengal.
“The vehicle’s driver, Ashish Keora was also arrested, and subsequent searches had led to the seizure of another 2,525 electric detonators, 27,000 kg of Ammonium Nitrate and 1,625 kgs of Gelatin Sticks from an illegal Godown”, the agency’s press release stated.
“The seized documents showed that Merajuddin had illegally supplied a total 86,700 kgs of gelatinesticks,4,99,222 electric detonators and 204 Nonels (non-electric detonators) to various illegal miners sofar. These included the detonators and explosives seized in the instant case, into which further investigationsare continuing”, it added.
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