Overview
- Officers recovered 9,550 kg of ammonium nitrate in 187 sacks along with nine cartons of detonators and large quantities of fuse wire from a farmhouse in Harsaur during a late Jan 24–25 raid.
- Suleman Khan, 58, was arrested at the scene, and police registered an FIR under the Explosives Act, the Explosive Substances Act and relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections.
- Preliminary questioning indicates the stock was being sold to operators involved in legal and illegal mining, according to investigators.
- Authorities are tracing the source, transport routes and intended buyers of the consignment, with further raids and questioning underway.
- Police described the seizure as possibly the biggest of its kind in Rajasthan, noting heightened security before Republic Day and ammonium nitrate’s link to the November 2025 Red Fort blast.