The police said the family runs a shop in Moti Nagar and, ahead of the festive season, had turned their house into a makeshift godown for firecrackers.
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The Delhi police on Saturday arrested three persons for stockpiling and repackaging firecrackers for sale and seized 3,580 kg of crackers from their residence in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden.‘Tragedy averted’The police said that through the recovery, made during a raid at a residential premises in Vishal Enclave on September 25, averted a potential tragedy in the densely populated area.The accused were identified as Sushil Kakkar, 53, his wife Upasana, 50, and their son Shivam, 28.The police said the family runs a shop in Moti Nagar and, ahead of the festive season, had turned their house into a makeshift godown for firecrackers.“The accused were caught red-handed while repackaging a consignment into smaller packets for sale. The family procured the firecrackers in bulk from Meerut, Gurugram and Ghaziabad. They planned to sell them in Delhi for a huge profit, in violation of the Supreme Court’s prohibition on firecrackers,” a senior police officer said.The crackers were packed in consignments, suggesting that the family was already in the process of distributing them in the market, police said.Police suspect the family had links with wholesale suppliers in neighbouring states, and a probe is on to uncover the entire network, the officer said. Published - September 28, 2025 01:42 am IST
