West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed grief over the deaths of eight persons in a gas cylinder explosion at Pathar Pratima in South 24 Parganas district.
Addressing a press conference at the state secretariat, the CM said that the owner of the factory, who was arrested early on Wednesday, was a license holder, but the person involved the Gujarat blast not have the permit to operate such a unit.
Police arrested Chandrakanta Banik, the prime accused in the case and owner of the firecrackers manufacturing unit situated a few metres away from the house where the explosion took place late Monday night.
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