Mangaluru, October 30: The body of missing youth from Shantinagar in the city found near Maravoor dam on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Ashfaq (27) of Shantinagar.
Ashfaq who went out of home after having lunch on October 29 at 3pm was missing. A missing case was registered at Kavoor police station.
Locals who found a body floating near Maravoor dam, informed the Bajpe police. After fishing out the body, it was shifted to Wenlock hospital. The reason for the death is not yet known. But it is suspected that he might have committed suicide. Unnatural death case was registered at Bajpe police station.
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Nagpur (PTI): The death toll in the Nagpur explosives company blast has gone up to 19 after one more person succumbed, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were undergoing treatment in hospitals here, a police official said.
The toll in the blast at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to deliberate and take stock of the incident that took place on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the blast took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to ascertain the identities of the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
