Three persons, including the owner of a gas distribution company, were arrested by the Rourkela police here on Wednesday for their negligence that led to the death of four members of a family following a cylinder mishap.
On July 31, four members of a family of Indira Palli of Fertilizer Township of the city, identified as Suresh Tripathy (28), his wife Suchitra Tripathy (26), daughters Smruti (7) and Prachi (5) had received severe burn injuries, following a fire in the house due to gas leakage from the cylinder and had succumbed to their injuries one after another in the IGH.
The younger brother of Suresh Tripahty had lodged a FIR in Jalda outpost, alleging negligence of gas distributor, which had caused the fire.
Acting on the FIR, police arrested three persons of gas distribution company on Wednesday. The arrested persons were identified as Mukesh Kejriwal (28), owner of gas distribution company and Prana Dan Mohanty (55) and Trilochan Mohanty (40) two delivery boys. Jalda police outpost OIC BK Das said more investigations were on.