Nagpur, Dec 18: Police have registered a case against unidentified persons in connection with the blast at an explosives manufacturing factory in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district which claimed nine lives, officials said on Monday.
Search teams have recovered a number of body parts from the site at the Solar Industries India factory in Chakdoh area where the blast took place on Sunday, they said.
The body parts have been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and DNA analysis to identify the deceased, according to sources.
Opposition legislators in the state alleged lapses by the company in ensuring the safety of workers and demanded action against Industrial Safety Department officials.
The bodies of the victims were blown to pieces due to the severe intensity of the explosion and the building collapsed, an official from Kondhali police station said.
He said search teams have so far recovered more than 50 body parts from the site of the incident.
A case has been registered against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code sections 304 (a) (causing death by negligence) and 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance) on a complaint of Kondhali police station’s assistant police inspector Pankaj Waghode.
“The accused persons would be identified during the investigation,” the official said.
The body parts recovered have been sent to the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) here for post-mortem and DNA analysis to identify the deceased, sources said. (PTI)
