India, Feb. 17 -- The owner, manager, labour contractor, and operator of the factory, where seven labourers were killed in a fire in Rajasthan's Bhiwadi on Monday, have been booked for murder.

Bhiwadi police superintendent Prashant Kiran said the four were being questioned, and action would be taken accordingly. A First Information Report has been filed against the four under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 103 (murder).

Additional police superintendent Atul Sahu said that the factory was illegally manufacturing firecrackers and employed labourers without providing safety measures. "It was registered as a ready-made garment manufacturing unit under the name of an individual, Rajendra Kumar. Police have recovered several packing boxes co...