'No terror angle involved in arms haul in MP'

New Delhi: Home Secretary RK Singh on Sunday denied any terror angle, saying the explosives recovered in Rewa district were meant for illegal mining in and around Madhya Pradesh.

"The gelatin stick, detonator and chords recovered seem to be for the purpose of illegal mining. No terror angle involved," Singh said.

"MP police had received inputs that the man arrested was involved in illegal mining. They raided him and found the explosives. I have spoken to state DGP and chief secretary and also sought a detailed report. Two people have been arrested. Main accused is Rajesh Patel," he said.

Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday recovered 15 cartons of explosives in Rewa district. It is alleged that the cartons contained ammonium nitrate and detonators, which were found in the house of Rajesh Patel.

The house is situated in Gangotri Colony in the district.

Speaking to CNN-IBN Additional SP, Rewa, RS Belwanshi said, "Huge amounts of explosives have been found. One person has been arrested, one person is absconding. Search operations for the absconding person is on."

"Operations carried out at the house in Gangotri colony on the basis of Intelligence inputs," he added.

This is the second major arms haul in the country within the span of four days. The Harayana police had found over 5-kg explosives and detonators from a car parked outside the Ambala Cantt Railway Station.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint police team of Delhi and Haryana found the explosives in a blue Indica car parked outside the railway station on October 12.

"Five detonators, two timer devices, five kg explosives in two packets and two batteries were seized from the car lying parked outside the railway station," Haryana's Director General of Police, Ranjiv Dalal, who along with senior officials of Haryana Police rushed to the spot, said.

Bomb disposal squads were summoned from Madhuban and other neighbouring places.

A box of sweets was found lying in the car, which showed that it was purchased from Jammu's Bari Brahmna area besides two newspapers from Jammu and Kashmir.

The car was bearing a fake Haryana registration number and police suspect that it was a stolen one.

When asked if the intended target of the terror plot could have been Delhi, Dalal said, "Senior officers from various investigating and security agencies are here. We are probing every angle".

As the cantonment area is also located in Ambala, police would also be probing if the target could have been a military installation in the region.

The explosives have been sent for forensic test and a team of National Security Guard (NSG) from Delhi has reached the spot.