India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Shivamogga (Karnataka), January 22: Two bodies were recovered so far on Friday after a dynamite blast at a railway crusher site in Karnataka’s Hunasodu village of Shivamogga district. The vehicle was badly mangled and the bodies of the victims were dismembered beyond recognition.
Two people have been detained and a high-level investigation ordered into the explosion in Shivamogga district. The detained included a contractor of a stone crushing facility where the blast occured when a truckload of gelatin sticks went off, police added.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday ordered a high-level probe into the cause of the blast following the incident.
Taking to Twitter, he said that strict action against the guilty will be taken.
“I express my deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. The injured are being treated and I wish them a speedy recovery,” Yediyurappa…
