Fatehgarh Sahib, April 19

One person was killed and another critically injured in a cracker blast near Tibbi village here this morning.

The incident occurred when a large quantity of illegally manufactured crackers was being transported on a makeshift three-wheeler from Maloud village in Khanna to Amloh town. The deceased has been identified as Ravinder Kumar, a resident of Somalkheri village. He was sitting on the three-wheeler with the stack of crackers. Driver Surinder Singh, a resident of Malaudkheri in Khanna, was critically injured and taken to the Civil Hospital, Amloh.

The police have registered a case. Ravinder was transporting firecrackers, used in marriages, along with a bag of potash, used to manufacture crackers, to Amloh. As the vehicle passed over a speed-breaker, Ravinder was tossed into the air but landed on the potash bag, triggering a blast. — OC

Man killed in cracker blast
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