The injured have been taken to hospitals and efforts were on to control the fire, officials said. Ambulances and fire engines from Indore and Bhopal were rushed to the site of the explosion to tackle the blaze.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday demanded an NIA probe into the explosion at an illegal factory in Duttapukur and stated that RDX is behind the powerful explosion.
In a breakthrough in the ongoing probe into the blast in an illegal firecracker factory on Sunday, which left 8 persons dead and several others injured at Duttapukur in the North 24 Parganas district, the local police made its first in the case on Monday, sources informed.
"An ex-gratia of Rs 2.5 lakhs will be given to the next of kin of those who died in the firecracker factory blast in Egra and a home guard job will be given to one of the family members," she said while addressing a people East Medinipur.
According to the sources, a team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Kolkata reached the spot at 9.45 pm on Tuesday and launched an investigation with the help of forensic experts after the state government handed over the case to CID.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 21 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra has said that four police personnel, including beat in charge of the police station and head constable, were suspended. An inquiry has also been set up against local SHO and DSP.
Morena (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): An explosion occurred at an illegal cracker factory in the Banmore police station area in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, an official said.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday appealed Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government to declare an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh for the kin of those who have lost their lives in Batala firecracker factory blast.