Angry locals and workers’ families blocked the road near the blast-hit factory in Nagpur

Angry residents and relatives of workers blocked a road near an explosives manufacturing plant in Nagpur district, where an explosion killed nine people on Sunday, and demanded permission to go inside the site to view the bodies. demanded.

Police said the crowd was later dispersed.

According to sources, the bodies of the victims were still inside the complex where the blast occurred at 9 am.

Police said that nine people died and three others were injured in the incident.

Several ambulances were standing at the entrance of the Solar Industries factory located at Bazargaon, about 30 kilometers from the district headquarters.

Around 200 people, including local residents and relatives of the workers, surrounded the factory entrance, creating a tense situation.

A senior police officer told PTI that there were explosives near the incident site.

Explosives should be kept safe and bomb squads are present at the spot, he said.

The official said the process of securing the explosives was underway and the bodies would be recovered later.

Angry locals and relatives of the victims blocked the Amravati-Nagpur highway in front of the factory.

They raised slogans in front of the factory entrance and blocked the Amravati-Nagpur highway and demanded that they be allowed to enter the premises to see the bodies of their relatives.

Police later dispersed the crowd, an official said.

Heavy police security was deployed in the area.

The father of Aarti Sahare, who was among the dead, told reporters that he received a message about his daughter’s death at 9.30 am and was still waiting for more information.

According to the police, the factory building also suffered serious damage due to the explosion.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lamented the unfortunate incident in a post on Twitter and condoled the death of nine people.

He said the state government will give an ex-gratia amount of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the deceased and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has approved the decision.

Fadnavis said that nine people, including six women, died in the explosion at Solar Industries. He said, this is a company which makes drones and explosives for the army.

He said that the state government strongly supports the families of the victims on this tragic occasion.