Overview
- The men collapsed around 12:30 pm at Lalji Wala Mills in Phase III of Balotra’s RIICO industrial area during tank cleaning.
- Police identified the deceased as Gumana Ram, 30, Shravan Lal, 25, and Vishambhar Das, 54.
- Preliminary findings indicate they inhaled toxic gas trapped inside the sludge tank.
- SDM Ashok Kumar and the DSP inspected the site and hospital as police moved the bodies to the Nahata District Hospital mortuary for post-mortems.
- Authorities questioned factory management after a spot inspection pointed to prima facie negligence and alleged absence of proper protective equipment, while relatives staged protests outside the mortuary.