Three people were killed and three injured when a truck’s gas tank exploded while being refilled at a CNG pump in Tikri Kalan on Delhi’s northwestern fringes on Wednesday, said police.
Police and IGL personnel inspected the spot to draw up the sequence of events. There was no police or ambulance here. Both my uncles were lying, covered in blood. We rushed them to Jeevan Jyoti Hospital where my uncle died. My older uncle is undergoing treatment. He suffered injuries to his waist and back. Brahmjeet was married and has two children. Chief minister Gupta condoled the incident.
Police said a case of negligence under Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita ( BNS ) would be lodged and the dealer questioned. “We received a call around 3.30pm about the blast.
He had been working here for two years but nobody helped him,” he said. “The loss of lives in the tragic incident at Tikri Kalan is deeply unfortunate,” her office said in a post on X.
His elder brother used to work at a petrol station but died in a road accident a few years back. Sunny was taking care of his parents and his brother’s two children. We wanted him to get married and start his own family. I got a call at 4pm about the accident. By the time I reached, he was taken to the hospital and had died.”
Sunny’s family said his elder brother died in an accident a few years ago. His cousin, Balraj Singh, said: “He was working there for two or three years.
