Bengaluru police have booked an LPG cylinder company in connection with the suspected cylinder blast in southeast Bengaluru’s Adugodi on Friday, which claimed the life of a 10-year-old boy and left nine others injured.
In the FIR, Adugodi police have invoked BNS Sections 106 and 125, which pertain to causing death by negligence and acts endangering personal safety, respectively. A senior police officer confirmed to The Hindu that the FIR was registered following a complaint by the father of Mubarak, the 10-year-old boy who died in the incident.
The explosion occurred in the house of Kasturiamma around 8.10 a.m., and its impact caused the walls to collapse and damaged the roofs of several neighbouring houses in the compact colony in Chinnaiahnapalya.
“Although the father of the deceased did not name either Kasturiamma or anyone else in his complaint, the latter noted in her statement that she had switched off the cylinder before going to bed the previous night,” the officer said, explaining the decision to file the case against the gas company.
According to the officer, Kasturiamma has been treated as a witness, while the formal complaint has been lodged by Mubarak’s father. Kasturiamma recorded her statement while recovering in the hospital.
