Worker dies, management of Baddi unit booked

Solan, June 18

The Baddi police today booked the management of a healthcare unit for causing death by negligence to worker Ajay Kumar, who died of burn injuries at the PGI, Chandigarh.

Four workers had sustained burn injuries on June 14 in a blast in the packaging section at the basement of the factory.

The deceased (28) hails from Palampur. While the condition of two workers was stable, the other one was serious, as he had sustained more than 90 per cent burns.

A team of forensic experts visited the factory today and collected samples to ascertain the cause of the fire. DSP, Baddi, Navdeep Singh, said that various issues such as the building plan were being examined. — TNS