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The decease toll has risen to 5 aft 2 much workers, who were severely injured successful an detonation astatine a firecracker mill successful Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), died, portion 23 others are undergoing treatment, officials said.
Dewas Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Sanjeev Jain told PTI, "Two workers admitted to a backstage infirmary successful Dewas succumbed during treatment. This brings the full fig of deaths to five."
Officials said Anil Malviya, the licensed proprietor of the firecracker mill operating successful the Tonk Kalan country has been arrested nether the stringent provisions of the National Security Act (NSA).
According to officials, Mr. Malviya's firecracker licence has been suspended.
Three workers who were injured successful the occurrence person been admitted to the Government Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital successful Indore.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visited the infirmary to enquire astir the well-being of the victims.
He told reporters, "We person taken enactment against the proprietor of the firecracker mill nether the National Security Act (NSA). We are conducting a elaborate probe into the incident, and further enactment volition beryllium taken based connected the probe report."
The Chief Minister said, "The authorities authorities volition not spare anyone blameworthy successful this case. This incidental serves arsenic a lesson, and we anticipation it volition not beryllium repeated."
Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Dewda said that on with the mill owner's arrest, a magisterial enquiry has besides been ordered.
Home Department Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Shukla said that officials from the cardinal government's Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO), the State Pollution Control Board, and the Forensic Science Laboratory are investigating the detonation astatine the firecracker factory.
District Magistrate Rituraj Singh said that 2 licenses for manufacturing and selling firecrackers were issued to mill proprietor Malviya.
He said, "These licenses were archetypal issued connected December 23 past year. They were renewed connected May 6 this year." According to Mr. Singh, the mill had begun manufacturing tiny firecrackers lone 15 days ago.
Meanwhile, authorities Congress president Jitu Patwari arrived astatine the country and criticised the authorities authorities implicit the incident. Mr. Patwari said, "This incidental shows that the gunpowder mafia, which imports earthy materials from China, has established its dominance successful the state."
He alleged that the proprietor of the firecracker mill enjoys the patronage of leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mr. claimed that firecrackers manufactured astatine the mill were being illegally stored successful cultivation nutrient warehouses and that much than 40 insignificant boys were moving astatine the factory. He demanded the contiguous suspension of the territory magistrate for his alleged nonaccomplishment to forestall irregularities astatine the factory.
