CHIEF MINISTER FACED DERISIVE COMMENTS ON WAY TO PETLAWAD
The 90 people died when a explosive stored building for
the mining purpose on Saturday morning IST 8.30 am ripped in Petlawad town under
Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. 125 people were injured in the incident.
According to the information, the building of explosive
license holder Rajendra Kaswa owner who used storing gelatin rods inside it for
the purpose of the rock-wells boring in the area exploded inside first. The
adjacent building of Setiya restaurant is situated near the area of bus stand.
The place at the time of explosion was overcrowded
because the daily wages labourers were waiting the customers and searching the
works there. The cylinder of restaurant ripped after the explosion inside
Kaswa’s building.
The two stories building which had stored the explosive
inside collapsed and trapped many people after the intense explosion. The chief minister Shivraj Singh said, ‘it is
a sad full incident, which will have a judicial inquiry; I shall plead with
Hon’ble High Court to set up an inquiry for the incident.’
An FIR against Rajendra Kaswa in the matter of Petalwad town
explosion under Jhabua district has been registered in ¾ Explosive Act, and
under section IPC 304. Kaswa has
disappeared since the explosion took place. The home and the godown have been
sealed later then. SDOP police, Abdul Rashid Khan told, Kaswa will be arrested soon.
The chief minister visited the accident spot on Sunday from state capital. The congress has declared Jhabua bandh against explosion.
