Overview
- The latest deaths include Sushma Mishra, Yogendra Prajapati and Munna Das, taking the toll from the September 1 explosion to eight.
- An FIR under BNS sections 106(1), 125(a) and 125(b) names operator Anmol Sahoo and supervisor Alpesh Patel after a coworker alleged the machine was left running.
- Investigators received DNA results confirming the identities of two workers who died on the day of the blast: Roshan Sahoo and Devendra Singh.
- DISH has issued a closure notice to Santosh Textile Mills, hired experts to examine a pressure surge in the drum washer and plans to file a Factory Act case.
- Police say 16 injured workers remain hospitalized as they await reports from DISH, the FSL and the state pollution board to determine further action.