Bhopal/Gwalior: May Madhya Pradesh’s carbide gun-triggered tragedy have been averted if early motion of two alert cops in Gwalior and Bhopal had been taken critically and replicated throughout the state? On Oct 18 – days earlier than Diwali – a cop in Gwalior, alarmed by the open sale of carbide weapons, had on his personal lodged an FIR. Related motion was taken by a cop in Bhopal the identical day. This was properly earlier than the “darkish Diwali” tragedy that left almost 300 folks, together with kids, with eye accidents throughout the state.In Gwalior’s Inderganj, head constable Ramnaresh Gurjar filed the FIR after recognizing a person standing exterior his store with a pipe-shaped weapon-like object and a white plastic packet. On checking, police discovered six handmade ‘sutli’ bombs, 12 paper-wrapped wicks, and a 2.5-foot iron pipe designed to fireside explosive materials.The person, recognized as Shahid Ali, 20, of Jharu Wala Mohalla, had no legitimate license for the objects. The supplies had been seized and a case was registered below the Explosives Act. He was issued a discover below Part 35(3) of BNS and launched, because the offense carried a punishment of lower than seven years.On the identical day, the same FIR was registered at Bhopal’s Chhola police station. Regardless of these early warnings, carbide weapons continued to be bought overtly and on-line forward of Diwali. After the tragedy, police in Bhopal launched a significant crackdown on Thursday and Friday, registering 5 FIRs within the metropolis – at Chhola, MP Nagar, Nishatpura, Bag Sewania and Piplani – and one at Nazirabad below Bhopal (rural). Round 100 carbide weapons and 11.5kg explosive materials had been seized, and two individuals arrested.