The Jagatsinghpur district administration is inquiring into the balloon gas cylinder blast at the Kalinga Baliyatra ground here on Saturday evening in which 12 persons, including a boy who lost one of his palms, were injured.
Police have arrested Nirupati Gharami, a balloon vendor from Dumdum of Kolkata in West Bengal. The vendor, who stays at Musadiha on the outskirts of Paradip, also sustained severe burn injuries on his thighs when the cylinder suddenly exploded.The police have registered a case in this connection. Meanwhile, acting on the order of the Jagatsinghpur Collector, Kujang Tehsildar Basudev Satpathy on Sunday met the injured persons at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack and handed over financial assistance from the District Red Cross funds.
While Rs10,000 was given to Pintu Swain, a minor boy of Mangarajpur who lost his palm, three others, who were seriously injured, were given Rs5,000 each. Meanwhile, the Kalinga Baliyatra Committee announced a compensation of Rs1 lakh to the seriously injured boy, Rs25,000 each to three seriously injured persons and Rs5,000 each to eight others who had sustained minor injuries.