MUZAFFARNAGAR: A day after a massive blast in an illegal firecracker unit claimed four lives and injured many, four persons including the owner of the unit - Mohd Rashid - have been booked under IPC's section 304 (causing death by negligence) and relevant provisions of the Explosives Act.
The blast had occurred on Friday evening, when around two dozen persons were working in the unit located in the Kairana region of Shamli district. According to the police, efforts to nab the missing culprits are on.
Shamli superintendent of police Sukiriti Madhav told TOI, “On Saturday, we launched a drive in the district to find other such illegal units, if any. The papers of cracker making units are also being examined. Two accused have been arrested, and the other two will be arrested soon.”
Police sources said that two of the injured workers have been discharged from the hospital, while two are still being treated. A case has been registered against the owner of the factory, Rashid, and his three associates, at Kairana police station. The police have also raided several other locations to arrest others accused.
