Fire-cracker like explosions on Kshipra has scared residents
HAZARIBAG: The death toll due to the blasts caused by adulterated kerosene in Hazaribag district mounted to five on Tuesday late night after Urmila Devi (45), resident of Sekha village under Amnari panchayat, succumbed to her burn injuries at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims).
Hazaribag deputy commissioner Aditya Kumar Anand said, “Urmila worked at a hotel in Hazaribag after her husband died a few years ago in an accident. She is survived by her four children. Urmila had collected her quota of kerosene and on March 1, when she lit the stove, the oil exploded.”
Hazaribag: Two Myanmar nationals escaped from the Foreign Detainee Centre outside the Hazaribag Central jail campus on Monday night, putting questions over security. Zaheed Hussain and Mohammad Javed were under detention for two years.
Sources said the duo were missing when two guards went to serve meals in their cell. They informed the jail authorities and a police team broke open the locked doors and found the two escaped by breaking the windows of the room. Police on Tuesday said that an FIR has been lodged at Lohshinghna police station.
Hazaribag DC Aditya Kumar Anand said, “I have ordered an enquiry into the matter,” he said. Hazaribag SDPO (headquarters) Mahesh Prajapati said, “We have alerted all police stations in Hazaribag and neighbouring districts of Koderma, Ramgarh and Chatra. It appears that the incident took place due to security lapse. Guilty will be punished,” he said.
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Hazaribag: A 35-year-old woman and her 11-year-old son from Amnari village in Hazaribag’s Sadar block succumbed to their injuries sustained while lighting up a lantern at their home on February 14 using adulterated kerosene oil bought from the local PDS shop. They both died on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), Ranchi.
“Savita Devi died late on Saturday while her son Ayush Kumar passed away on Sunday morning,” Hazaribag DC Aditya Kumar Anand said. They were initially admitted to Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital (HMCH) and later referred to Rims after their condition worsened.