Four senior employees of Medley Pharma booked over Palghar gas leak
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Palghar: In a significant development after a nitrogen gas leak at a pharmaceutical factory in Maharashtra's Palghar district, the Police have registered a case against four senior employees of Medley Pharmaceuticals.
The case been registered under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which concerns “culpable homicide not amounting to murder”, following the incident that killed four workers and left two others injured.
“They have been named in the FIR. The investigation is underway, and no arrests have been made so far,” the official said.
According to a report by the Medical Dialogues team, the tragic incident occurred on Thursday at Medley Pharmaceuticals, where a suspected nitrogen gas leak affected six workers.
Chief of Palghar district disaster management cell, Vivekanand Kadam, had told PTI that gas leaked from the nitrogen reaction tank at the pharma company between 2.30 pm and 3 pm, seriously affecting six workers.
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