Overview
- The guards, identified as Jogendra Yadav, 30, Bhanu Yadav, 26, and Vivek Yadav, 27, were discovered in a locked cabin, with two dead at the scene and the third pronounced dead at a hospital.
- An FIR based on family complaints names factory owners Manoj Goyal and Nitesh Goyal and alleges the involvement of manager Rakesh under BNS sections 103(1) for murder and 61(2) for criminal conspiracy.
- Families reject the suffocation theory, alleging assault, visible drag marks on the bodies, and the absence of any brazier inside the cabin.
- The factory was sealed and post-mortem examinations began as families and villagers staged protests and blocked traffic demanding action.
- Authorities note the plant had been ordered shut after a major fire last year, yet work was allegedly continuing, drawing public criticism from Badaun MP Aditya Yadav.