Overview
- Police have registered a culpable-homicide case in the SBL Energy blast that killed 19 workers in Nagpur, with 11 company officials arrested, including two directors.
- PESO and DISH preliminary inspections flagged severe safety violations at the factory, and the NHRC has issued notices to Maharashtra’s chief secretary and DGP seeking a report within two weeks.
- Most victims were young women on low wages, many bodies required DNA identification, dozens remain under intensive care, and families have been told to expect about ₹82 lakh each in compensation from company and governments.
- The Chembur construction-site toll rose to three after a February 28 platform collapse, as police booked contractors and supervisors under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, with one worker still critical.
- A pre-dawn fire in Delhi’s Rithala shanty cluster killed a 17-year-old and destroyed over 100 huts with a case registered by police, while a Madhyamgram shop-row blaze linked to LPG cylinder explosions left one dead.