Kolkata Police arrested 341 people across the city during extensive raids on the occasion of Kali Puja, for allegedly bursting banned firecrackers and violating law-and-order norms, officials said on Monday, according to IANS.

Source: IANS via Hi India

According to police data released on Monday, 95 people were arrested for using prohibited firecrackers, while 246 others were taken into custody on charges related to disorderly conduct.

341total arrests
95held for banned firecrackers
246held for disorderly conduct
131.1 kgbanned firecrackers seized

During the same enforcement drive, officers recovered 131.1 kg of banned firecrackers and 6 litres of illegal liquor from across the city.

Lalbazar, the Kolkata Police headquarters, had sent special instructions to every police station in the city ahead of the festival, asking senior and additional officers to maintain a heightened presence through the night to ensure strict enforcement.

The West Bengal government had issued guidelines on firecrackers well before Kali Puja. Only green firecrackers were permitted, and only between 8 pm and 10 pm on Kali Puja and Diwali, with bursting barred within 100 metres of schools, hospitals and other designated quiet zones.