Jabalpur, Oct. 30 -- Madhya Pradesh police seized around 28 kg of illegally stored calcium carbide from a shop in Jabalpur district ahead of Diwali, despite a district administration order prohibiting its sale and storage, a police officer said on Friday.

The action was taken at the shop located under the jurisdiction of Madan Mahal police station in the district as a precautionary measure in view of the reports of injuries caused by the use of calcium carbide guns during Diwali celebrations in previous years.

Madan Mahal police station in-charge Umesh Yadav said that the shop owner failed to produce valid documents regarding the storage of the material and a case was registered under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in ...