Factory owners booked in boiler explosion case

Police have registered a case against three factory owners in connection with the death of a youth due to a boiler explosion at a tyre factory in Jaranwala Road.

On Sunday morning, a boiler exploded in a factory at Jaranwala Road, Chuck 69 GB, Makoana Road, burning old tyres and extracting wires from them.

As a result, 40-year-old Akbar, a resident of Kot Abdul Malik, was burnt to death. Meanwhile, Muhammad Anwar, Shahid and Azeem were badly burnt. Maryam Bibi, wife of the late Akbar Ali, filed a case against factory owners Ramzan, Zulfiqar and Badr Munir, alleging that she was married to Akbar Ali 23 years ago and the had three sons.

Factory owners brought him to work in their factory. Police registered a case against the designated factory owners and started searching for them.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 30^th, 2021.