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Punjab LPG Tanker Blast: Death Toll Rises to 3 as Police Probe Illegal LPG Diversion

Police say investigators are exploring illegal LPG diversion, with charges filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita plus the Essential Commodities Act.

Charred remains of the LPG tanker that caught fire on the Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar road on Friday night. (PTI)
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Rescue teams from the fire department and police rushed the injured to civil hospitals across Adampur, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar. (HT)
The trail of destruction after the LPG tanker explosion at Mandiala village on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road on Friday night. (HT Photo)

Overview

  • Authorities confirmed three deaths and roughly two dozen burn injuries after a late‑night collision between an LPG tanker and a pickup truck near Mandiala on the Jalandhar–Hoshiarpur highway.
  • Police registered an FIR citing culpable homicide not amounting to murder and property damage under the BNS, and separately booked two people under commodity laws linked to alleged LPG black marketing.
  • The blaze gutted about 30 shops and damaged multiple homes, with several critically injured patients transferred to higher‑care hospitals in Amritsar and Chandigarh.
  • Fire services, SDRF units, police and teams from the Adampur Air Force Station and Unchi Bassi cantonment secured the site, sealed the highway stretch and continued safety checks for residual gas leaks.
  • Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced Rs 2 lakh for each bereaved family and free treatment for the injured as residents staged a dharna demanding stronger compensation and accountability, including scrutiny of a nearby HP gas bottling plant.