Ammonium nitrate and electric detonators are being sold illegally in public stalls and shops in Rajasthan. Miners buy these explosives freely.
Ammonium nitrate used in Delhi blast is being sold openly in Rajasthan. 71 people lost their lives in the serial blasts in Jaipur in 2008 using this explosive. Not only ammonium nitrate but also electric detonator (ED) to be banned in July 2025
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This came to light when Dainik Bhaskar reporter posed as a customer and investigated in Jodhpur and Beawar for 3 days. Ammonium nitrate and ED are being sold in public stalls and shops. Miners are purchasing these explosives without any restrictions. Women are also involved in this black business. Neither the seller nor the buyer has a license. The most shocking thing is that these items of destruction are being sold near army areas and police stations.
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Jodhpur’s Badli and Balsamand are only 1 kilometer away from the Army area. Despite this, explosives are being sold without any fear. These explosives are being used for illegal mining. Bhaskar reporter first started investigation from Badli (Jodhpur) area.
Explosives were being sold one kilometer away from the airbase in Jodhpur.
First day: Selling gunpowder under the guise of plastic shop.
The reporter posed as a customer at the Fidusar General Plastic Shop located at Fidusar intersection. A man was sitting at the shop. Plastic Shop was written on the board, but there was no plastic item inside. The shop was completely empty.
The reporter asked for material to blast 20 holes of two and a half feet. The shopkeeper only asked the reporter the name of the village and started looking at the list of goods.
Read the entire conversation…
- Reporter: How much stuff do you think it will take?
- Shopkeeper: Four holes are filled in one kilo. 20 requires 5 kg of gunpowder. 40 feet black light (detonator) will be required.
- Reporter: Isn’t it the white one?
- Shopkeeper: No, I have only these two things.
- Reporter: Where to find it?
- Shopkeeper: At the nearby shop. However, black gunpowder will also work. Where is it needed?
- Reporter: In Kajnau village.
(There was no need to buy gunpowder. In such a situation, the reporter left under the pretext of buying the entire item from the next shop.)
The shopkeeper said- license is needed for these things
The same day in the evening, the reporter went to another shop between Badli and Balsamand. There were also items related to explosion and mining.
- Reporter: Where is the tire (gunpowder) shop here? Need black and white gunpowder.
- Shopkeeper: Will not be found here. I have powder. One who drills and places stone. A license is required for this.
- Reporter: We only need one kilo?
- Shopkeeper: Be it one kilo or five kilos. There must be a license only then it can be sold and bought.
Second day: Explosives are being sold under the guise of drinking water.
The next day the reporter reached a public platform 1 km away from the airbase on the way to Badli and Bal Samand. People had told that there was a shop where illegal explosives were available, but when the reporter reached there, no shop was found. Two men were sitting inside the pew.
Read the entire conversation…
- Shopkeeper: First tell me where have you come from?
- Reporter: Have come from Jodhpur only. Have to take Kajnau village near Khedapa. Have to take out some stones in the field. There are 20 holes of two and a half feet each. Need for that.
- Shopkeeper: Who sent it to us? Who gave the address?
- Reporter: He had gone to uncle at the first crossroads. He had only black gunpowder. He told me your address.
(After this the man sitting near the shopkeeper started taking information about the goods. He went inside the room to take out the goods)
Shopkeeper showing ammonium nitrate.
- Shopkeeper: What is this black writing?
- Reporter: Don’t know. It has been given to us in writing on the slip.
- Shopkeeper: Which village did you name? (The shopkeeper became suspicious of the reporter. He called someone)
- Reporter: Kajnau
(The shopkeeper told the man on the other end of the phone that someone has come from Kajnau village to take the goods. Perhaps they do not have a man with them. After this, he got the man to talk to the reporter. After being satisfied, the shopkeeper disconnected the phone.)
Explosives trade under the cover of public pews on the road between Badli and Balsamand. The airbase is one km away from here.
- Shopkeeper: Have you come for the first time? Now tell me what is the matter?
- Reporter: Have to break stones in the field. Tell me the feeling.
- Shopkeeper: Red light is Rs 4 per fit, black light bundle is Rs 200, black gunpowder is Rs 100 per kg, white gunpowder is Rs 200 per kg. This is also a bomb. (Showing by placing his hand on a carton) It is called Gulle.
- Reporter: What is this ED?
- Shopkeeper: ED means explosion from electrical detonator. Blast is done with current.
- Reporter: Stones would be bouncing due to this explosion?
- Shopkeeper: The stones will bounce from the red and black wire you are carrying. ED is a bit expensive. The blast is deep. I am giving 2 kg white and 1 kg black gunpowder.
- Reporter: What is this?
- Shopkeeper: (Showing opening the gunpowder bag) It is granular. It is ammonium nitrate. Diesel is mixed in it.
Bhaskar team was present when the blast was carried out with an electric detonator.
Blast from ED near army area
While the reporter was talking to the explosives seller posing as a customer at the pew, a laborer blasted him with an ED (electrical detonator) in front of the pew. This scene was also captured in the reporter’s camera.
ED has been banned in the entire country from July 2025. The surprising thing is that there is an airbase station and other army camps nearby where the explosion took place.
Women are also involved in the business of buying and selling explosives in Beawar.
Third day: Ammonium nitrate is being sold just 500 meters away from the police station. Bhaskar team reached Beawar. Investigation revealed that explosive material was being sold at a building material shop in Jawaja village, 20 km from Beawar.
The report reached Jawaja village and called the number 98751***** received from the source. Demanded white gunpowder (ammonium nitrate). The man asked him to wait in the car in front of a building material shop on the road of Jawaja village.
After some time, a woman came from inside the shop and signaled to take the goods. When the reporter went inside the shop, two women had prepared ammonium nitrate and a blasting cap. The women weighed the goods and started counting the items for the reporter.
(The shop is on the main road of the village. Jawaja police station is just 500 meters away from here. Despite this, explosives are being sold without any fear.)
Detonators are available for Rs 50 to 100 During the investigation, the team also found detonators worth Rs 50 to 100 in Jodhpur-Beawar. When there was a demand for a detonator in Jawaja, the shopkeeper provided it as per the need.
Detonator is used to cause explosion. This is called blasting cap. If understood in simple language, it is like a light placed in front to light a firecracker. There are two types of detonators. Ordinary blasting ones and electric detonators. Electric detonators have been banned in India from July 2025.
Police don’t even know that explosives are being sold in the area Bhaskar also talked to the police officers of the areas of Jodhpur where he investigated and got to know their side.
Mandore police station officer Kishanlal Vishnoi said that there is no magazine (store) selling explosives of any kind in his police station area. No one is even allowed to sell ammonium nitrate.
Sursagar police station officer Harish Solanki said that no one has taken permission to sell ammonium nitrate in his police station area. Although there are some magazines in the area. Its number will have to be told after looking at the file.
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