Nagpur, March 2 The death toll in the explosion at the Nagpur explosives company has risen to 19 after one more person died, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were being treated in hospitals here, a police official said.
The death toll in the explosion at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to discuss and assess the incident that occurred on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators, and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the explosion took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were so badly burned that they were unrecognizable, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to identify the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.