Ahmedabad: A firecracker shop near Kalupur Circle was sealed on Thursday evening for storing crackers worth Rs 3.5 lakh and selling them without a statutory licence or a fire safety no-objection certificate. Acting on a tip-off, a CID Crime team raided Shivam Traders in Sakar Bazaar around 5pm. About 42 varieties of crackers were stored in the shop.However, the shop owner could not produce any licence or NOC to store and sell firecrackers. The shop is located in a crowded area, posing a risk to public safety, officers said. A case was registered under BNS and provisions of Explosives Act.
