India, Oct. 15 -- Police arrested four men and seized 85.1 kilograms of prohibited firecrackers in two separate operations across the city on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.

The arrested suspects have been identified as Sahil Kumar, 27, a resident of Baldev Nagar in Sector 7; and Pravesh Saini, 31; Dheeraj Saini, 30; and Mohit Bajaj, 29, all residents of Jacobpura in Sector 12, investigators said.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram Police, said that 73.5 kilograms of prohibited-category firecrackers were recovered from Sahil Kumar's residence in Sector 7. "He had procured the materials to sell them at a higher rate on the occasion of Diwali. An FIR under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Explosi...