Muzaffarpur

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An FIR has been lodged in connection with Sunday's boiler blast in Bihar's Muzaffarpur that claimed seven lives, an official said on Monday. Town Deputy Superintendent of Police Ram Naresh Paswan, who is heading the investigation, said seven persons have been named as accused in the FIR. These include Vikas Modi, owner of the noodles factory which got destroyed in the blast, his wife Shweta, manager Uday Shankar and other employees entrusted with the upkeep of the boiler. The accused have been booked under various IPC sections, including those relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Efforts were on to nab them, police said.

Bihar Minister Jivesh Mishra has termed the Muzaffarpur boiler blast an "incident due to misoperation"

Seven bodies were pulled out of the debris and sent for post mortem

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief at the loss of lives in a boiler explosion at Muzaffarpur in Bihar and expressed condolences to the families of victims.

At least five people were killed and six others were injured in a boiler blast in a noodle factory in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Sunday, informed District Magistrate Pranav Kumar

A total of 13 people so far have lost their eyesight following cataract surgery at a local eye hospital in Muzaffarpur, District civil surgeon Dr Vinay Kumar Sharma said

While villagers expressed apprehension that the deaths could be due to Covid-19, the local administration has denied the claims

As per the hospital's report on August 29, a total of 56 children were discharged so far after recovering post-treatment from the hospital

The breach took place around 3.30 am near Pilkhi village of Muraul block, the release said

This will be the first of the several "virtual rallies" the BJP has planned for its Bihar Assembly poll campaign. The polls are scheduled for October.

The convicts have sought minimum punishment from the court

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha deferred the verdict till December 12 as the accused could not be brought to court premises due the ongoing lawyers' strike

Earlier, the court had framed various charges including criminal conspiracy to commit rape and sexual assault against the accused

The SKMCH is in the news for the death of more than 100 brain fever-afflicted children since June 1