No link found between explosives godown owner & Maoists: Cops
Rourkela: Raghunathpalli police have not found any link of arrested explosives godown owner Shravan Agrawal with Maoists after interrogating him for the past two days.
After verifying his business transactions and interrogating Agrawal, police have found that he was supplying explosives without proper documentation and tax invoices and without following standard operating procedures.
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Agrawal, who was brought on two-day remand on Thursday, obtained licences for two godowns in 2012 and 2013 in his name. In 2014 and 2015, he obtained licences for two more godowns in the name of his wife, Nikita.
Agrawal was also interrogated by Rourkela SP Nitesh Wadhwani and the special investigation team (SIT) headed by additional SP H K Majhi. "Accused Agrawal, who was brought on remand for two days, was questioned and sent to jail on Saturday. Our investigation is in progress." said R Swain, inspector in-charge, Raghunathpalli police station
Agrawal and his driver, Birsa Samad alias Ishak, were arrested on Tuesday by Raghunathpalli police for allegedly violating SOPs related to explosives.
The arrests followed Maoists looting 5,000 kg of explosives from Banko stone quarry in Sundargarh district on May 27. Sources said police suspect some villagers might have given information to Maoists about the arrival of the explosives-laden truck on May 27.
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