Overview
- The Dewas factory explosion, which tore through the unit on Thursday, has left five workers dead and 23 injured who are being treated in hospitals in Dewas and Indore.
- Authorities sealed the site and arrested owner Anil Malviya, with the NSA used against him and a manager, a law that allows detention with tough bail conditions.
- On Saturday, the state suspended the local SDM, a naib tehsildar and the area SDOP for lapses tied to oversight, and formed a judicial commission led by a retired High Court judge.
- Police filed culpable homicide and explosives cases against four accused as officials opened parallel probes by a magistrate, PESO, the state pollution board and forensic experts.
- Reports and complaints point to licence misuse and missing safeguards like firefighting gear and water-sprinkling, and the government ordered wider checks of explosive units plus Rs 4 lakh for each bereaved family with free care for the injured.