Overview
- A powerful explosion at a firecracker factory in Tonk Kalan, Dewas, killed six workers and injured more than 20 on Thursday, May 14.
- Dewas Police arrested prime accused Mukesh Vij at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on May 21 after he returned from Guangzhou, China, using a nationwide lookout to intercept him.
- A 13‑member Special Investigation Team is probing evidence that large quantities of explosives were stored beyond legal limits to meet big orders.
- This is the fifth arrest in the case after earlier detentions of factory licensee Anil Malviya, joint operator Kapil Vij and others, and another absconding accused, Mahesh Chauhan, was also taken into custody in Delhi.
- Authorities are carrying out forensic tests and interrogations to establish who controlled operations, to determine criminal charges, and to guide tighter enforcement of explosives storage rules.