MARGAO, March 26 -- Team Herald

The Cuncolim police have registered an offence against the management and staff of Hughes Precision Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd., Verna Industrial Estate, for allegedly violating safety regulations regarding the storage and transportation of propellant (gunpowder), leading to the blast and fire accident at Magazine No.1 of the warehouse last Thursday.

The police have booked the accused under Sections 223, 288, 326(g), and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as Sections 5, 6 read with 9B and 9C of the Explosives Act, 1884.

According to Cuncolim police, the case is based on a complaint filed by Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Manohar L. Karekar on March 20. The complaint alleges ...