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  • Death toll in firecracker factory blast rises to 12

    Death toll in firecracker factory blast rises to 12

    Kolkata (IANS) | The death toll in the explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district rose to 12 on Saturday as two more people died. The two people who died since late Friday night have been identified as Ravindra Maity and Pinky Maity.

    Nine deaths were reported on the day of the blast (Tuesday). The main accused and owner of the illegal factory, Krishnapada Bagh, who was among the injured, died at a private hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack on Friday morning, taking the death toll to 10.

    Now, the death toll in the tragedy has risen to 12 with the death of two more injured and those under treatment at Government SSKM Medical College and Hospital.

    Officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state police are currently probing the matter. Krishanpad Bagh’s son Prithvijit Bagh and nephew Vishwajit Bagh have already been taken into custody by the authorities.

    A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the CID to continue with the probe but also asked to include sections of the Explosives Act in the FIR.

    In the initial FIR lodged by the police, only sections under the Indian Penal Code and the West Bengal Fire Service Act were included, for which the state police was severely criticized.

    Preliminary police investigation indicated that the explosion was probably caused by raw material stored for making firecrackers. Opposition parties have claimed that the effect of the explosion proved that crude bombs were being made there, not firecrackers.

    –IANS

  • Explosion in firecracker factory in Bengal, three people died

    Explosion in firecracker factory in Bengal, three people died

    Kolkata (IANS) | A firecracker factory exploded in Egra in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district on Tuesday. Three people died and four others were seriously injured in this accident. The explosion was so tremendous that the house where the firecracker factory was running collapsed completely. Policemen are apprehensive that more bodies will be recovered after the rescue operation is over. The four injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital, where their condition is said to be critical.

    The police is probing whether the blast was caused only by the firecrackers kept there or by the explosion of crude bombs made there under the guise of a firecracker factory.

    The locals allege that the firecracker factory was running in a completely illegal manner without the requisite permissions or monitoring by the local administration including the police.

    The locals have also alleged that their repeated appeals to take action against the illegal firecracker factories that have sprung up in the area have been ignored by the local administration.

    By the time the news was written, a large number of police forces had reached the spot. The policemen have cordoned off the entire area.

    Significantly, at the end of last year, a similar blast took place at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore district. Several people, including a local Trinamool Congress leader, were killed and many others injured in that blast.

    –IANS

  • Eight killed in Tamil Nadu firecracker factory blast

    Eight killed in Tamil Nadu firecracker factory blast

    Chennai, (IANS) | At least eight people were killed and 13 others injured in a blast at a firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram on Wednesday.

    The injured have been admitted to Kancheepuram District Hospital.

    The cause of the explosion is not yet known.

    Police said 25 people were working in the unit when the explosion occurred on Wednesday afternoon.

    Four units of fire brigade reached the factory and doused the fire.

    More details about the blast are awaited.

    –IANS