Updated On: 15 November, 2023 12:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Police in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district has registered an offence against two men for selling firecrackers without permission

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Police in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district has registered an offence against two men for selling firecrackers without permission, an official said.
Official of Shantinagar police station said that a police patrol team spotted the duo selling crackers in the open on Badhwad Pipeline Road during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The duo, identified as Banarsilal Motilal Gupta (40) and Sunilkumar Jaiswal (37), was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), the Explosives Act and the Maharashtra Police Act.