After the shocking revelation earlier this year that hundreds of tonnes of explosives have gone missing in Madhya Pradesh, the Sagar district police broke news on Sunday that 400 truckloads of explosives (1,283 tonnes) procured by a single explosives dealer — Sangam Explosives of Chanderi in Ashoknagar district of Madhya Pradesh — have gone missing and the stock was probably diverted to the black market over a two-year period from 2008 onwards.
The Sagar district police stumbled on this crucial information while interrogating Shivcharan Heda, the main accused arrested earlier in connection with the mysterious disappearance of 163 truckloads of explosives. This consignment was despatched by Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited in Rajasthan for Sagar and Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh over a short period this year.
This newspaper had published news tiled: “Explosives for Illegal Mining” on August 28 highlighting the possibility of the explosives getting diverted for illegal mining activity in Madhya Pradesh
Sagar inspector general of police, Anvesh Mangalam told this newspaper that following investigations and upon interrogating the accused, who was arrested earlier by the Bhilwara police in Rajasthan and was brought to Sagar on police remand, it was fond that Shivcharan Heda had purchased 1,283 tonnes of explosives from RECL and other explosive manufacturing companies in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh since 2008 onwards and 80 per cent of this stock had been sold in the black market against cash payment. The accused has not maintained any record of these transactions.
The police have gathered that Shivcharan Heda started his explosives business in 1993 with an investment of about `4 lakh. Now he was doing an annual turnover touching about `15 crore. About 80 per cent of this was in black against cash payment. Besides investigating his role under the stringent Explosives Act, the police are also probing his involvement in money laundering and fudging of records to save taxes. The disappearance of explosives in such huge quantities is also being investigated from the security angle. The police authorities here said that Heda could be part of a larger network of those involved in black-marketing of explosives across the country.

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Oct. 10: After the shocking revelation earlier this year that hundreds of tonnes of explosives have gone missing in Madhya Pradesh, the Sagar district police broke news on Sunday that 400 truckloads of explosives (1,283 tonnes) procured by a single explosives dealer — Sangam Explosives of Chanderi in Ashoknagar district of Madhya Pradesh — have gone missing and the stock was probably diverted to the black market over a two-year period from 2008 onwards.
The Sagar district police stumbled on this crucial information while interrogating Shivcharan Heda, the main accused arrested earlier in connection with the mysterious disappearance of 163 truckloads of explosives. This consignment was despatched by Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited in Rajasthan for Sagar and Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh over a short period this year.
This newspaper had published news tiled: “Explosives for Illegal Mining” on August 28 highlighting the possibility of the explosives getting diverted for illegal mining activity in Madhya Pradesh
Sagar inspector general of police, Anvesh Mangalam told this newspaper that following investigations and upon interrogating the accused, who was arrested earlier by the Bhilwara police in Rajasthan and was brought to Sagar on police remand, it was fond that Shivcharan Heda had purchased 1,283 tonnes of explosives from RECL and other explosive manufacturing companies in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh since 2008 onwards and 80 per cent of this stock had been sold in the black market against cash payment. The accused has not maintained any record of these transactions.
The police have gathered that Shivcharan Heda started his explosives business in 1993 with an investment of about `4 lakh. Now he was doing an annual turnover touching about `15 crore. About 80 per cent of this was in black against cash payment. Besides investigating his role under the stringent Explosives Act, the police are also probing his involvement in money laundering and fudging of records to save taxes. The disappearance of explosives in such huge quantities is also being investigated from the security angle. The police authorities here said that Heda could be part of a larger network of those involved in black-marketing of explosives across the country.