[5] On behalf of the West Bengal Police were suspended Shubharata Ghosh, IC of Duttapukur, and Himadri Dogra, OC of Nilganj outpost,[6] for dereliction of duty.
[5] According to the local residents, Ajibar Rahman was the owner of this illegal firecracker factory of Mochpol village.
[14] On August 27, a police search continued throughout the night in Mochpol village; A large quantity of soda powder and banned firecrackers were recovered.
Police arrested Safiqul Islam, a partner of the firecracker factory, from Nilganj on 28 August.
[16] Police investigations also found another illegal firecracker factory within a kilometer of the blast site at Duttapukur.
[3] West Bengal's Special Task Force arrested the accused supplying chemicals to the illegal firecrackers factory in Duttapukur outside the Kolkata airport late on 31 August.