India: Prayagraj Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has used CCTV footage to identify nearly 100 adults and minor students involved in crude bombings. He is also monitoring the distribution of high intensity firecrackers in the city.
Teenagers in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj are in the news for making crude bombs weighing 60 to 80 ($1.01) from readily available explosives and throwing them at schools and businesses.
Recently 35 students including 27 minors have been detained in Prayagraj, who learned how to make bombs and put their new knowledge into practice after watching popular social media videos. Police say adult students have been sent to jail.
Prayagraj City Superintendent of Police Shailesh Kumar Pandey told Indian news agency IANS that the minors, in the age group of 14 to 17 years, were shocked by the information that emerged during this period and within minutes had become adept at making low-intensity crude bombs. Questioning the students.
The cyber unit of Prayagraj district police, during interrogation, found that the students had used social media groups to coordinate the production of bombs and share videos on how to make them at home.
Authorities have asked parents of adult students jailed to talk to their children about several groups that are currently under investigation.
Police are currently monitoring at least 10 of these groups as well as student profiles on social media.
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