Summary:
In Sheesh Mahal, Kashmiri Bazaar and Pratap Chowk, three shops were raided and huge quantities of illegally stored firecrackers were seized and two shops were sealed. The administration and the city police have recovered a large number of crackers while raiding traders who illegally sell firecrackers under the guise of stationery shops. On the orders of the SDM, tehsildar Harminder Singh, SHO (City) Gobinder Kumar and police party raided Chopra Publications in the Sheesh Mahal Bazaar and recovered a large number of firecrackers. During a raid at Jain Stationery Mart in Kashmiri Bazaar, a large stock of firecrackers was recovered. Tehsil Harminder Singh said a large quantity of crackers being sold and stored illegally were recovered from two well-known stationery shops in the city during raids with the help of the police..