Sixty-one trucks loaded with over 300 tonnes of explosives, worth Rs1.5 crore went missing in Madhya Pradesh.
The trucks carrying powerful explosives and gelatin sticks were sent from Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Ltd (RECL) in Dholpur to a trading firm, Ganesh Magazine at Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. But they never reached there.
Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited (RECL) - the company which sent the explosives - claims it can`t be blamed for this disappearance as it sent explosives only in trucks authorised by the company.
"We hand over the explosives to those who have the license. And they then dispatch it on their truck. Now, whatever happens to that explosive thereafter, we are not responsible for that," said YC Upadhyay, GM,Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited.
Documents show that the explosives, sent between April and June, included detonators and gelatin sticks. Ganesh Explosives for which the consignment was sent is now locked up; shockingly their licence had already expired in March this year.
Owners of the company that booked the explosives are now absconding. Security agencies are worried that if the explosives reach the wrong hands it could be devastating.
In 2008, detonators used in the Surat blasts were also made in the same Dholpur factory.
Madhya Pradesh home minister Umashankar Gupta said the efforts were on to trace missing explosives as well as the trucks
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