Jhabua blast News
BJP and Congress in Madhya Pradesh are trying to put each other in the dock over the massive explosion at Petlawad town in Jhabua district that claimed 89 lives, with the opposition party claiming that it will impact the forthcoming Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat bypoll.
A day after questioning wife of main accused Rajendra Kasawa in the Petlawad explosion that killed 89 people, police today decided to conduct DNA profiling of three unidentified bodies to ascertain whether Kasawa, who is absconding, is actually dead.
Rajendra Kasawa`s wife, son and daughter were released on Tuesday by the police after being interrogated in connection with the Jhabua blast incident.
Police on Wednesday detained the wife of prime accused Rajendra Kasawa, who is wanted in connection with last week's massive blast in Petlawad town that left 89 people dead.
The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a single member commission to inquire into the Jhabua incident.
The police have detained the family of the key accused wanted in connection with the explosion in Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said the public anger that erupted after blasts in Jhabua district has subsided as people are satisfied the state government is working over their concerns.
As the toll in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua blasts reached 89, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) officials on Monday reached the blast site to probe the case.
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a reward of Rs one lakh on information leading to the arrest of Rajendra Kasawa, the absconding accused who had stored explosives for mining work in a building which triggered off a series of blasts killing at least 89 people at Petlawad town here.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that the family members of the deceased in the Jhabua explosion will receive five lakh rupees as compensation instead of two lakh rupees as promised earlier and also added that employment will be given to the kin of the deceased.
At least 89 innocents have lost their lives and over 100 others injured in a tragedy that could have easily averted.
President Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the loss of lives in an explosion that occurred yesterday in Jhabua District of Madhya Pradesh.
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