Ratlam/Indore – Recovery of balloons allegedly bearing the Pakistani flag along with biscuit packets at a shop in neighbouring Rajasthan, an episode with links to Madhya Pradesh, has prompted an inquiry by police of both states.

Police from both states questioned several traders at length on Wednesday to unravel the case of balloons allegedly bearing the Pakistani flag found along with biscuit packets at the shop in Rajasthan, officials said.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Ratlam district, Vivek Kumar, told reporters that police in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district had seized balloons stuck to biscuit packets from a shopkeeper's establishment.

The balloons allegedly had the Pakistani flag and“August 14” printed on them, he said.

Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on August 14.

Kumar said during the investigation, the Rajasthan police discovered that the controversial material was supplied to the shopkeeper in Jhalawar by a wholesaler from Alot town in Ratlam district.

He said the Alot businessman told police during interrogation that he had purchased the controversial balloons from a seller in Indore.

Following this revelation, police from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are also investigating the matter in Indore.

Ravindra Parashar, in-charge of Indore's Central Kotwali police station, said,“The Indore seller said he recently ordered a consignment of balloons from Delhi, Mumbai, and Meerut, and he cannot immediately identify which city the controversial balloons with the Pakistani flag came from.”

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