In a major security operation carried out in Nagaur district, Rajasthan, a day before Republic Day 2026, 10,000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, a massive number of detonators, detonating wire and blasting materials were recovered and one arrested, officials confirmed. This operation is considered to be the largest of its kind in Rajasthan’s history, after receiving intelligence about the storage and movement of explosives, this operation was carried out.
What explosive materials recovered in Nagaur?
During a press conference, the Nagaur Superintendent of Police Mridul Kachhawa shared that after receiving confirmed inputs, an operation was carried out and an accused named Suleman Khan has been arrested. Kachhawa said, “For quite some time, the Nagaur police had been receiving intelligence reports indicating that large quantities of explosive materials were being bought, sold, and stored in the district. Yesterday, the district police carried out a major operation… In the operation, one person, Suleman Khan, an accused in this case, has been arrested. A case has been registered under sections of the Explosives Act and organised crime. A large quantity of explosive material was seized from the site. This is possibly the biggest operation under the Explosives Act in the state.”
Kachhawa also shared that 10,000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate has been recovered and a huge quantity of detonators, detonating wire and other materials typically used for mining-related blasting have been recovered. He disclosed that the stock of explosives has been stored at a farmhouse in Harsore village in Nagaur district.
“A total of 10,000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate was seized. A large quantity of detonators, detonating wire, and other materials commonly used for mining-related blasting were also seized. The accused, Suleman Khan, is a resident of Harsore. He was storing the stock in his farmhouse. The accused has three previous cases registered against him; all related to the Explosives Act. He has been acquitted in one of them,”
