Shivamogga dynamite blast: Contractor of stone crushing facility among two detained, High-level probe ordered
India
Updated: Friday, January 22, 2021, 11:58 [IST]
Shivamogga (Karnataka), January 22: Two bodies were recovered so far on Friday after a dynamite blast at a railway crusher site in Karnataka s Hunasodu village of Shivamogga district. The vehicle was badly mangled and the bodies of the victims were dismembered beyond recognition.
Two people have been detained and a high-level investigation ordered into the explosion in Shivamogga distric which left at least eight dead, police said on Friday. The detained included a contractor of a stone crushing facility where the blast occured when a truckload of gelatin sticks went off, police added.