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According to media reports, the accident house used to make firecrackers for many years. A total of 11 members lived in the Banik family.
There was a blast in a cylinder late on March 31 in the Pathar statue area of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. 8 people died in the accident. In this case, the police arrested another accused on Friday.
It is the main accused and brother of the cracker factory owner. Earlier on 2 April, the main accused Chandrakant Banik was arrested by the police. Both brothers were absconding since the incident.
The West Bengal Police is now interrogating both the brothers in the case. However, earlier on 1 April, the police issued an official statement and said that in the initial investigation, there was a information about the blast in 2 gas cylinders.
At the same time, BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Shubhendu Adhikari said that an illegal factory for making crude bombs was going on here. Shubhendu Adhikari had said that the government is trying to suppress the incident Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the police administration.
However, SP Koteshwar Rao had said that there was no illegal cracker factory in the house.
Here, TMC MLA Sameer Kumar said after the incident that the victim’s family had a licensed cracker factory at a distance of a few meters from the house. It may be that the raw material of firecrackers has been kept in the house, causing this accident.
3 pictures of the accident
There was chaos due to the fire. Smoke spread in the area.
The people of the village also helped extinguish the fire.
The whole house came under fire. Almost all the goods were also burnt.
Those who died in the blast were identified Those who died in the accident have been identified as Prabhavati Banik (80 years), Arvind Banik (65 years), Swantana Banik (28 years), Arnab Banik (9 years), Anushka Banik (6 years), Asmita (6 months), Ankit (6 months) and Sutapa (death in the hospital).
Fireworks used to go home According to media reports, there was a work of making firecrackers in the accident house for many years. A total of 11 members lived in the Banik family. Initial investigation shows that the fire was caused by the explosion in the cylinder.
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