Ramgarh, The families of three engineers, who were charred to death in a fire at a steel factory in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district, have been provided ₹ 31 lakh each as compensation, following protests and negotiations with the management, officials said.
The families have also demanded a job for one dependent of each deceased, adequate compensation and a high-level probe into the incident. Another employee, Tarun Rajwar, was injured in the incident and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ranchi.
The bodies of the engineers were subsequently sent for post-mortem, police said. A large number of workers were present at the factory when the incident occurred, according to eyewitnesses. The exact cause of the fire and explosion is being investigated, police said. Sinha said a two-member team comprising a factory inspector and the Chotanagpur deputy chief inspector will investigate the incident.
Earlier, the deaths triggered a 14-hour protest by villagers and family members, who blocked the factory gate and refused to allow the bodies to be removed until their demands were addressed.
