 "Maharashtra: ATS seizes more than 10 kg explosives, nine detonators from Thane's Mumbra")
The security forces in Maharashtra have detained three in connection with the explosives recovered by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Mumbra and Thane, days ahead of 70th Independence Day, CNN-News18 reported. [caption id=“attachment_3794503” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AFP[/caption] A team of ATS, bomb disposal squad and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized between 10 to 15 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and nine detonators on Sunday. According to CNN-News18, the officials received a tip-off that the explosives had been brought to the city. Sources close to Mumbai Mirror said that the explosives were off-loaded at Kalyan railway station and subsequently, ferried to two people in Mumbra. The team, which was informed that the explosives were hidden in an SUV in a junkyard in Daighar, raided the place in the wee hours of Sunday. The police then detained the junkyard’s owner Ismail Shaikh, his son Abdulla Sheikh and a Mumbra-based builder, Mahendra Naik alais (Bunty) for interrogation. A case under Sections 4 ( attempt to cause explosion_)_ and 5 (making or possessing explosives_)_ of the Explosive Act was registered. The team is now questioning those detained. Further details are awaited.
The security forces in Maharashtra have arrested three in connection with the explosives recovered by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Mumbra and Thane, days ahead of 70th Independence Day
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