Perilous Times
61 trucks loaded with 300 tons of explosives go missing in central India
2010-08-17 15:57:50
NEW DELHI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Some 61 trucks loaded with over 300 tons
of explosives have gone missing in the central Indian state of Madhya
Pradesh, a senior police official said Moniday.
"The trucks were sent from a state-owned factory, Rajasthan Explosives
and Chemicals Limited, in Dholpur to a private company called Ganesh
Explosives in the state's Sagar district. But it never reached there,"
the official said.
A massive search is on to track down the trucks as fear is mounting
that if the explosives, including detonators and gelatin sticks, reach
the wrong hands it could be devastating, he added.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited has claimed that
it can't be blamed for this disappearance as it sent explosives only in
trucks authorized 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," Y.C. Upadhyay
of the company said.