PWD contractor arrested

SHILLONG, AUG 27: A PWD contractor was arrested after huge cache of explosive was recovered and seized from a bus at Ranikor in South West Khasi hills on Friday night. Around 400 gelatin sticks, four rolls of safety fuse and 17 packets of 100 detonators was seized from the bus (ML 05H 6052) by police during a routine checking at Ranikor, district SP Herbert Lyngdoh said.

He informed that the explosives were purchased by one Solen Nongmin of Kulang village, who was also arrested after a case under the explosive substance Act was registered. Nongmin, a PWD contractor, who despite claiming that the explosives were purchased for road construction could not produce any legal permits for the explosives, Lyngdoh said.

Ruling out any militant link on the case, the SP however said that interrogation is going on to ascertain the objective of purchasing the explosives in such huge quantity.-By Our Reporter