Three persons were injured and watches worth lakhs of rupees damaged when a carbon dioxide (CO2) gas cylinder went off while repairing at Pizza Hut restaurant at Roshanpura Square, under TT Nagar police station area, in the afternoon on Monday.
Police said that major incident could have occurred after a Carbon dioxide gas cylinder went off like a projectile while repairing at Pizza Hut restaurant at around 12.30 pm and injured three persons of nearby watch store.
The security guard laxma Yadav and two employees Geeta and Sadaf were injured in the incident. The incident took place at around 12.30 pm when cylinder was being transported to other outlet.
SHO TT Nagar police MS Chouhan said that the two persons have arrested. Rupesh Verma and Maintenance Manager Vinod Kumar have been arrested in the incident.
A case under sections 336 and 337 of the IPC has been registered against the two persons. The three injured were rushed to JP Hospital where their condition is reportedly stable, he added.
The loss in the incident was around Rs 5 lakh of the watch store in which door made of glass, showcases and numerous expensive watches were damaged.
The cylinder which was being carried to another franchise at Kolar was found to have some problem and while trying to repair the cylinder the nozzle of the cylinder broke and it went off like a rocket towards the watch store, injuring three persons. Eye witnesses say that the impact of the fire was deadly and everybody was amazed at the frightening sight. It was a kind of horror.