Police have made eight accused, including Akash Rathore, son of landlord Munshi Rathore, in the explosion that took place in Rathore Colony on Tunch Road in the city. Police have arrested six people including potash supplier Rahul Bansal. Saddam’s father and uncle are absconding. Police have registered a case under sections including culpable homicide, Explosives Act and other sections.
Police have made eight accused, including Akash Rathore, son of landlord Munshi Rathore, in the explosion that took place in Rathore Colony on Tunch Road in the city. Akash Rathore was running the illegal business of firecrackers in collaboration with Saddam Khan, a resident of Islampura.
Firecrackers were stored in the basement of the house where deceased Baijanti and Vimla Kushwaha died. In which there was an explosion. Police have arrested six people including potash supplier Rahul Bansal. Saddam’s father and uncle are absconding. Police have registered a case under sections including culpable homicide, Explosives Act and other sections.
Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh said that during interrogation it was revealed that Akash Rathore and his relative Krishna both used to do illegal business in collaboration with Saddam Khan of Islampura. Saddam Khan, his mother Bhuri, father Shokeen and uncle Iqbal used to make firecrackers.
Akash Rathore kept all his goods in the second house in front of his house, in which vegetable seller Raju Kushwaha lived with his mother Baijanti. Akash met Saddam by Pankaj alias Pushpraj Rathore of Islampura.
First an illegal firecracker shop was set up on Diwali, after this the plan was to trade in firecrackers on a large scale. For which stock of potash was also brought and kept in the house. When the police caught Akash, Krishna, Saddam and his mother Bhuri in this case, they collected information from them about bringing potash. In which it was revealed that potash is supplied by Rahul Bansal, who lives on Gopinath’s culvert. On which the police also arrested him.
After being released from jail, Rahul started doing potash business again.
Potash supplier Rahul Bansal was accused in the 2022 explosion in a house on Jaitpur Road in Banmore. Seven people died in this accident. Rahul Bansal was also in jail for four months. Rahul had supplied potash in the blast that took place at Rabia’s house in Sumavali on November 24. After interrogating Rahul Bansal, five kg potash has been seized from a person in Jaura, while Sabalgarh police has seized 16 kg potash.
Collector said, will also include PESO in the investigation
In the case of the blast, Collector in-charge Vivek Kumar said that a magisterial inquiry will be conducted into the blast. Along with this, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO), an agency of the Government of India, will be included in it. PESO investigates matters like control of explosive substances, their production, maintenance and transportation.
Injured person had to borrow money to pay the bill
- Administrative negligence has come to light in the treatment of those injured in the blast. The government ambulance took the injured to the district hospital, but no ambulance was found to take them to Gwalior. Injured Kanhaiya Rathore, aged 19, was taken by his father Kallu in a private ambulance, who admitted him to a private hospital. Kallu did not even have a single penny, whereas the hospital handed over a bill of Rs 30 to 32 thousand.
- Samadhi Rakesh Rathore, living in Bilua, Gwalior, was called, the bill was paid and he came home on Wednesday morning. After which all the relatives and people of the locality started taking Kanhaiya to the district hospital on a hand cart, on the way the police reached and took him to the district hospital in their car. Kallu told that due to the collapse of his house, he does not have money even for food and drinks.
