An electrical engineer was killed while some others were injured in a powerful blast in the sugar production plant in Sahodaya Sugar Mill of Ayodhya district, The blast took place on Monday afternoon.
Reports said that while staff members were working in Sahodaya Sugar Mill in Ayodhya, a powerful blast took place in which a 38-year-old electrical engineer Vipin Singh was critically injured. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
The reason for the blast is not yet clear.
After the incident, the local police along with senior officers visited the spot to investigate the cause behind the blast. The body was sent for post-mortem and further investigations are on.
Meanwhile, in another tragic incident in Budaun district, three kids, aged two to five, swallowed rat poison by accident, thinking it was sugar and one of them died.
Reports said that some monkeys threw a packet containing powder (reportedly rat poison) from a tree as they played in a residential compound on Saturday evening. Shortly after consuming the powder, the children started crying, after which their parents rushed them to a local hospital.
Atif Ali (2) passed away, according to the police, while his elder brother Rahat Ali (4) and their neighbour’s daughter Mannat (5) are still receiving medical attention.
Guddu Ali, Atif’s father and a carpenter who lives in the Wazirganj neighbourhood, claimed that the incident happened while the neighbourhood kids were playing together. My elder son Alshaiz saw that they were in distress when froth began to emerge from their lips and informed us. We hurriedly rushed the three kids to the hospital, where Atif passed away from poisoning as he consumed most of the powder.
Station house officer of Wazirganj police station said by the time police learnt of the incident late on Saturday, the family had already buried the deceased. “We discovered that it was an accident and that the family had not filed any complaints after consulting with the doctor and the locals. The other two children’s conditions are stable. We are still looking for the source of the toxic material.” he added.