NCP and CPI demands CBI probe into Jhabua explosion

Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party demanded the CBI probe into Madhya Pradesh Jhabua blast and arrest the main culprit Rajendra Kasawa immediately. The CPI also today demanded “thorough” probe into the explosion that left 104 people dead.
” Jhabua blast is not a ordinary case, hence government should hand over the case to CBI and inquiry must be completed within 60 days” said D.P.Tripathi leader of NCP.
On another side CPI demanded the Madhya Pradesh government to enquire the angle of how main accused Rajendra Kasawa, alleged to be a worker of ruling BJP, was allowed to store explosives in a residential building.
“The party demands a thorough probe into the episode, including how Kasawa was allowed to store explosives in such great quantities.
“The party sends its condolences to the families of the victims and also demands adequate compensation to them,” CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said in a statement.
Eighty-nine people were killed and nearly 100 others left injured last Saturday after a massive blast caused by mining explosives stored in a building ripped through a crowded area of Petlawad.
The explosion completely destroyed at least two buildings – one in which explosive material for digging wells was stored and an adjacent restaurant, and damaging several houses.
The explosion took place in the building of Kasawa, who had a licence to use explosive material for digging wells.
According to police, he had stored explosive material, including gelatin sticks, in huge quantity in the building having two shops in it and situated close to busy Sethia Restaurant in new bus stand area.