Seized explosives not to be stored in Odisha police stations henceforth

Order follows collapse of a police station under the impact of an explosion

Days after the under the impact of an explosion, the Odisha police on Thursday directed all SPs not to store seized explosives in police stations henceforth.

“Explosive materials, corrosive substances and highly inflammable materials should not be kept ordinarily in the police station malkhana [store]. In the extreme cases, if it is necessary to keep those articles in the malkhana, the same shall be done only after due examination by bomb disposal squad or other specialised agencies with necessary precautions,” said the Crime Branch of Police.

“Awaiting the examination, such seized materials should be kept outside the malkhana after taking safety measures. In case it is not safe to keep such material at the malkhana, the assistance of the Bomb Disposal Squad and other specialised agencies be taken for diffusion or destruction of the same with due intimation to the jurisdictional court,”