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Seven booked for explosion in Maharashtra
factory
Saturday March 23, 2013 07:36:20 PM,
IANS
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Thane (Maharashtra): Police Saturday booked seven people for the explosion at a
chemical factory in Boisar town of this Maharashtra district that
left four people dead.
According to an official from Boisar police station, a first
information report (FIR) has been registered against seven people.
"Those booked also include senior officers of the factory. They
have been charged with sections related to negligence and other
related offences," the official told IANS.
However, no arrests have been made so far.
Four people were killed and 16 others injured Friday in the
explosion that took place at the premises of Aarti Drugs, a unit
of which produces methyl nitro imitazole. An entire building,
housed in the premises had collapsed owing to the impact of the
explosion.
Police said they are investigating the matter and efforts are
underway to ascertain the exact cause of the explosion, which is
said to be the result of a chemical reaction.
Those booked are joint managing director Archit Savla, directors
Uday Patil and Harshad Shah, assistant production manager Popat
Patel, operations manager P.K. Mishra, safety officer Jitendra
Devra and works manager Sachin Poojari.
"Poojari was among those who died in the explosion," the official
said.
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