AHMEDABAD: One day after 12 persons including five women lost their lives in a high-intensity blast followed by a fire at an industrial unit in the Ganeshnagar locality in Narol, city police on Thursday held three men under charges of culpable homicide and other sections of the Indian Penal Code after an FIR was lodged against them.
The complaint was filed by Ashish Christian, the son of one of the deceased, Ragini Christian, a resident of Narol, against three person including Nanu Bharwad, the owner of Nanu Kaka industrial shed and a resident of Vasna, Pradeep alias Boota Bharwad, the owner of Boota Bhai estate, and Hetal Sutaria, the owner of Sahil Enterprises.
On Wednesday morning, chemical reaction took place in Sahil enterprises in Boota Bhai estate during which 12 labourers working in garment packaging unit in Nanu Kaka estate lost their lives.
Ashish stated in the FIR that his mother had been working at the garment packaging unit for 10 years and had gone to her workplace on Wednesday morning. At around 11am, his sister got a call and was informed that their mother was trapped under debris after a blast took place at the packaging unit.
He said that when he reached there, he saw fire personnel and cops working at the damaged industrial units where concrete pillars, slabs and human organs were strewn around. After a while, his mother was found and was rushed to LG Hospital where she was declared brought dead by doctors at 1pm on Wednesday.
Ashish said negligence and mischievous acts by Sutaria, Nanu and Pradeep had caused the fatal blast .
Narol police booked the three under IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 284 (negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance), 285 (negligent or rash act with respect to fire or any combustible matter which may endanger human life) and 286 (negligent act with respect to explosive substance which may endanger human life).