Prayagraj, Oct. 7 -- : Police in Pratapgarh have busted an illegal firecracker factory being run inside a girls' degree college that had been shut for the past three years. Four people, including the college manager, were arrested, and firecrackers worth around Rs.47 lakh were recovered.

The college, Sukhraj Singh Girls' Degree College, located in Saphachat village under Patti police station limits, is owned by Aadya Prasad Singh. According to police, the college had not been running for the last three years. About eight months ago, Salman Siddique rented a room at the college and moved in with his family. His mother, Medina Begum, holds a licence to store a limited amount of gunpowder and firecrackers at a shop near Aspur Devsara, but s...