The Kochi City police are set to crack the whip on places of worship that conduct fireworks display illegally without securing prior permission from the agencies concerned.
The move comes in the wake of the explosion that ripped through an allegedly illegal temporary firecracker storage unit at Choorakkadu in Puthiyakavu division of Thripunithura municipality that left one dead and 16 injured on Monday morning. The firecrackers were meant for the ongoing festival at Puthiyakavu Temple.
“We have formed a team, which has been assigned to draw up a list of forthcoming festivals in various police station limits, considering that February and March are festival season. We will issue a warning to all committees that cases will be registered against them if they dare conduct fireworks displays illegally,” said S. Syamsundar, District Police Chief (Kochi City).
