The two women who were injured in an explosion of a domestic lPG cylinder at a city-based Girl’s hostel succumbed to their burn injuries while undergoing treatment in the state-run Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Hospital here on Tuesday.
This triggered massive protest by students. Aggrieved by the death of two women, students of the hostel staged protest in the hospital and blocked the Jail Road by keeping the bodies on road.
Demanding investigation, compensation and government job for kin of victims, students in large numbers started demonstration on Jail Road resulting in traffic jam situation on busy stretches of the city. The protest finally ended after intervention of senior officials from the administration and police.
Chief Minister Raman Singh expressed deep condolence over the death of women and announced compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the families of deceased.
It may be recalled that three women engaged in cooking in post-Matric Tribal Girls’ Hostel situated near Dhudhadhari Bajrang Government College suffered severe burn injuries when a cylinder exploded on October 30. The injured workers were rushed to the hospital.
After battling for four days, two women identified as Tarabai and Sukhbai Dhruv who were injured in the explosion, succumbed to severe burn injuries during treatment while condition of another victim Kumari Tandi is stated to be critical.