Kolkata police arrest 601 for violations on Deepavali and Kali Puja; three dead in Howrah as house catches fire
The Hindu
Kolkata Police arrest 601 for Deepavali violations, seize banned firecrackers and illicit liquor, while Traffic Police charge 841.
The Kolkata Police have arrested 601 people for various violations such as bursting crackers beyond permitted time limit, disorderly conduct and gambling on Deepavali and Kali Puja. The police also seized 717.8 kg of banned firecrackersand 79.4 litres of illicit liquor.
Official records showed that the police had made 292 arrests till midnight of October 31 and the number rose to 601 by 7 a.m. on November 1.
Bursting crackers beyond 10 p.m. is not allowed, and so is bursting the ones which do not have the official “green cracker” certificate.
Identifying green crackers was made easy this year as they came with a “QR Code” that could be scanned to verify the authenticity of the product.
In Howrah district, three persons, including two children, died after a house caught fire at Uluberia. The incident allegedly occurred when the children were playing with crackers. Locals said that a large quantity of crackers had been stored in the premises, leading to the fire spreading rapidly and making it hard to contain.
Meanwhile, the Kolkata Traffic Police registered cases against 841 people on charges such as rash driving and drunken driving.
On Wednesday (October 30), the Kolkata Police Detective Department arrested a man in possession of over “510 kg of banned categories of fireworks such as chocolate bombs, kali patakha, shells, dodama (names of local firecrackers).” Based on a tip-off, the police arrested him from Dhapa Road near the EM Bypass crossing in the suburbs.
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