Maharashtra DCM Ajit Pawar assures high-level inquiry into Nashik oxygen leak case

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday assured the public that a high-level inquiry will be conducted into the oxygen leak in Nashik which claimed 22 lives.

Following the unfortunate oxygen leak in Nashik, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday assured the public that those responsible will be punished following a high-level inquiry into the matter. He also directed the agencies concerned to ensure that no such accidents are repeated. At least twenty two patients died after an oxygen tank leaked at Nashik’s Zakir Hussain Hospital on Wednesday. More than 170 patients were present in the hospital at the time of the leakage. Several other leaders like PM Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis also extended their condolences to the families of the deceased.