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  • 14-year-old girl raped, strangled to death in Gujarat’s Bharuch district

    By PTI

    BHARUCH: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death by an unidentified person near Amod town of Gujarat’s Bharuch district, police said on Wednesday.

    The victim’s body was found on the outskirts of Sarbhan village in the district’s Amod taluka on Monday evening, an official from Amod police station said.

    A post-mortem was conducted at Bharuch civil hospital and the report stated that the girl had been raped before being strangled, he said.

    The girl had left her home on Monday afternoon to collect firewood and did not return till evening.

    She was found dead on a cotton farm, he said.

    “A case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act have been lodged against unidentified accused,” the official said.

    Senior police officials visited the site and separate teams from the local crime branch, special operations group and others have been formed to nab the accused, he added.

  • Gujarat: Two dead, five missing after blast, fire at factory in Bharuch

    By PTI
    BHARUCH: Two workers died, 23 were injured and five were still missing after a massive fire erupted following an explosion at a chemical factory in the Bharuch district of Gujarat on early Tuesday morning, police said.

    The incident took place at United Phosphorus Limited’s plant in Jhagadia GIDC industrial area, said inspector P H Vasava of the local police station.

    The fire started after a blast around 2 am, he said.

    While local sources said it was a boiler blast, the police official did not specify and said probe was on.

    The factory made chemicals used in the pharmaceutical industry, sources said.

    “Two bodies have been found so far from the debris inside the factory. Search is underway for five workers who are still missing,” inspector Vasava said.

    As many as 23 other workers were injured in the fire and nine of them were hospitalized, he said.

    The blast was so powerful that it was heard a long distance away, the inspector said.

    Around 15 fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control by 6.30 am, he added.

    The state’s Labour and Employment Department issued orders to close the unit and said it will review its safety aspects.

    It also ordered the factory owners to pay ex-gratia compensation to the deceased workers’ families, it said in a release.

  • Gujarat: 20 workers injured in fire at chemical unit in Bharuch

    By PTI
    BHARUCH: At least 20 workers were injured after a massive fire broke out following a loud blast in a chemical factory in Gujarat’s Bharuch district on Tuesday, police said.

    The blaze erupted around 2 am in the United Phosphorous Limited’s unit, engaged in manufacturing chemicals used in medicines, in Jhagadia industrial area, police inspector P H Vasava said.

    The blast was so powerful that it was heard by people a long distance away from the spot, the official said.

    “At least 20 workers were injured. Eight of them are admitted in hospitals in Bharuch and Ankleshwar, while 12 others were discharged after initial treatment,” he said.

    Around 15 fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control by around 6.30 am, he said.

    Rescuers have not been able to enter the unit due to excessive heat in the premises, but they are still trying to get in, the official said. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he added.

  • Chief Minister Mr. Baghel attended the funeral of Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Ahmed Patel

    Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel arrived at Piraman village in Ankleshwar taluka of Bharuch district of Gujarat today and attended the funeral of Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Ahmed Patel there. The Chief Minister expressed his condolences to the family members of the late Mr. Ahmed Patel.