Three arrested over blast at illegal country-made cracker storehouse

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The Pattabiram Police person arrested 3 persons, including the premier accused and his father, successful transportation with the decease of 4 men successful an detonation caused by country-made crackers stored astatine a location successful Thandurai adjacent Avadi.

On Sunday afternoon, 4 men died aft an accidental blast triggered by illegally stored firecrackers and country-made bombs tore done the house, causing portion of the operation to illness and trapping them inside. Fire and Rescue Services unit recovered the bodies of the victims — Yasin, 25, Sunil Prakash, 23, of Thiruninravur, Suman, 22, and Sanjay, 22, — who were reportedly visiting the location to acquisition crackers.

According to constabulary sources, the location belonged to Arumugam, 50, a angiosperm vendor surviving determination with his girl and 2 sons, Vijay and Ajay. Vijay, 26, who had been manufacturing and selling firecrackers for section festivals and funerals, had allegedly turned a information of the residence into an unlicensed unit. Following the incident, Pattabiram Police registered a lawsuit nether the applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Explosive Substances Act. Avadi City Police Commissioner K. Shankar has ordered a elaborate investigation.

Police said the crackers were stored without a valid licence oregon information measures, starring to the unexpected explosion. The arrested persons see Arumugam, S. Dhamodharan, 41, his nephew, who allegedly abetted him, and Vijay, Arumugam’s lad and the main accused. The trio was produced earlier a tribunal and remanded to judicial custody.

Published - October 22, 2025 05:45 americium IST

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