BICHOLIM: Bicholim police have arrested three persons on Monday for the theft of 100kg explosives stored by a mining company in a warehouse at Pale in Bicholim.
The three accused have been identified as Pritesh Gawade, Gaurish Shevadkar, both from Sattari and Krishna Gaonkar from Collem. Police have also recovered the explosives.
Police said the theft was committed on November 29, wherein the accused had stolen six boxes of explosives, including gelatin, detonators and non-electric tubes stored in the warehouse.
After the case was reported to Bicholim police, PI Mahesh Gadekar and his team immediately began investigation.
Of the six boxes, three were hidden in different places in the same area, one box was hidden at Gaonkar’s house, one was thrown in a flowing rivulet at Collem, while one was found in Mhadei river near a bridge at Padeli in Sattari.
Police are investigating to check if the explosives have been used in the past to achieve any evil intent.
