Overview
- A powerful explosion at a metal-processing unit in Pangram on Sunday killed four workers identified as Appu Boraik, Kiron Munda, Shyamal Gaur and Sagar Nath and left others injured.
- Rescue teams and the NDRF secured the site, the bodies were sent to Silchar Medical College for post-mortem, and the state announced Rs 5 lakh in ex gratia for each bereaved family.
- Investigators have opened a magisterial inquiry, a police case and a labour-department probe while Forensic Science Laboratory teams collected evidence and police arrested five management figures including owner Rakesh Kumar Surana.
- Officials have not confirmed a technical cause: early accounts alternately mention a suspected LPG cylinder blast and a burst of molten metal during casting, and FSL results are awaited for verification.
- Local residents have alleged prior smaller explosions and concealment, they staged protests at the unit, and the state has started wider inspections of similar factories to review safety compliance and possible enforcement action.