Overview
- Ludhiana Rural Police arrested the potash supplier and the house landlord two days after Tuesday's explosion, expanding the case beyond the unit's operators.
- The blast at an illegal firecracker workshop inside a Jodhan home killed 19-year-old worker Mohammad Kaif Shah and injured a teenage girl after part of the building collapsed.
- Investigators had earlier detained brothers Sajid and Wajid from Muzaffarnagar on charges under the Explosives Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for allegedly running the unit.
- Officers found a linked unauthorized storage site in Hambran where Army and forensic teams handled sacks of suspected potash that officials say were sourced from Sangrur.
- Authorities plan a district-wide crackdown on clandestine cracker making, a step they say is needed as landlords skip tenant checks and risky stockpiles keep endangering workers and neighbors.