Fish Factory Disaster: Police locks Shree Ulka Company; Four taken into custody
Mangaluru: The Mumbai-based fish factory known as Shree Ulka LLP at the MSEZ (Mangaluru Special Economic Zone) was reportedly closed and locked by the police in the background of the deaths of five factory workers. Concerning the disaster that occurred in the factory, four individuals including the factory’s production manager were taken into custody, the Mangaluru City Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar informed.
The company’s Production Manager Ruby Joseph, Area Manager Kuber Gaade, Supervisor Muhammed Anwar, and Ullal Azaad Nagar resident Faruq, who was in-charge of the company’s workers have been taken into police custody, it is learned.
The factory is reportedly owned by a Mumbai-based person named Raju Gorak. The company has been accused of being neglectful to its workers and not providing workers with necessary safety equipment. Cases have been registered against the company in this regard under 52/2022 sections 337, 338, 304 along with article 34 under the IPC, at the Bajpe police station. Currently, the company has been locked, the police commissioner informed.
A total of five workers passed away due to an alleged poisonous gas leakage that occurred on Sunday night at Shree Ulka LLP fish mill factory situated at the MSEZ (Mangaluru Special Economic Zone). Three more workers are reportedly receiving treatment at the hospital.
Shree Ulka fish factory which is situated in the Bajpe police station’s jurisdiction at Mangaluru Special Economic Zone in Permude had been operational for the last 3 years. The company has employed around 100 workers, and a majority of them are said to be originally from either West Bengal or Jharkhand states, it is learned.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
