Overview
- Two more injured workers died Saturday, taking the toll to 23, with 12 still in hospitals and three in critical condition, officials said.
- The explosion, which struck Boiler‑01 on Tuesday at 2:33 pm, followed a rapid pressure surge after excessive fuel built up inside the furnace, according to the chief boiler inspector and the Sakti forensic lab.
- Police registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita naming chairman Anil Agarwal, plant head Devendra Patel and others, citing sections 106 (death by negligence), 289 (negligent conduct with machinery) and 3(5) (common intention).
- Sakti police formed a Special Investigation Team, and the state appointed the Bilaspur Divisional Commissioner to run a magisterial inquiry with a 30‑day deadline for findings.
- Families are grieving across several states as victims include workers from West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, while Vedanta and the state announced compensation packages for the bereaved and injured.