One died and two were seriously injured in a powerful oxygen cylinder blast in Amritsar on Monday.
Confirming the incident, Amritsar Police Commissioner Jatinder Singh Aulakh said that blast occurred in the premises of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital (Bebe Nanki Ward) when a person who was carrying oxygen cylinder on his shoulder fell down all of sudden causing a powerful blast in the venue being run by the Government Medical College Amritsar claimed the life of a man carrying the cylinder.
The deceased identified as Sandeep Kumar, 29-year-old, was employed with a private company of oxygen cylinder.
Impact of the blast was deadly potent as mutilated body of Sandeep Kumar was beyond recognition since his body parts like hands, legs were found at various corners of the spot.
Hospital official said that due to blast, the window panes of all four storeys of the hospital smashed. Immediately after the blast, majority of the building was vacated, since all the patients and attendants were badly terrified, as a big tremor was felt after the explosion.