Explosions in a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Harda killed 11 people on Tuesday and injured around 200 people.
While the factory is reported to have held a licence, explosives housed in the facility were much more than the amount specified in the licence, the Harda Sub-Divisional Magistrate told India Today.
The explosions, which flattened the three-storey building, led to the arrests of two of its owners, Rajesh Agrawal and Somesh Agrawal.
Though the cause of the blasts are not known, the owners were booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, among other charges, after a police report was filed against them.
The intermittent explosions were heard 25km away. Such was the impact that many people travelling around the vicinity were hurt by the debris.
