Nagpur explosives factory blast: FIR against unidentified persons; opposition MVA slams Maharashtra government over inadequate compensation
The Hindu
Nine killed in Nagpur explosives factory blast; FIR against unidentified persons; Opposition demands justice for victims and compensation
The Maharashtra police on Monday registered a case against unidentified persons in connection with the blast at a Nagpur-based explosives manufacturing factory, which claimed nine lives, even as the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) hit out against the ruling Eknath Shinde-led government, accusing it of not being concerned about the lives of poor labourers.
A case was registered against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code Sections 304(a) (causing death by negligence) and 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance) at Kondhali police station near Bazaargaon, where the blast occurred.
Nine persons, including six women, were killed and three others seriously injured when the explosion ripped through a cast booster unit of the Solar Industries India Ltd. at Bazaargaon in rural Nagpur on Sunday.
Police authorities said that search teams today had recovered several dismembered body parts from the site of the blast.
The bodies of the nine workers, who were in the 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift, were blown to smithereens following the explosion, while the single-floor facility also caved in.
Irate workers and relatives of the deceased had blocked the Amravati-Nagpur highway near the explosives manufacturing unit, while demanding entry to the company premises in order to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones and seek explanations from the management.
Meanwhile, the opposition MVA cornered the Shinde government over the Nagpur blast during the ongoing Winter Session of the Maharashtra Assembly.
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