UP: Girl dies, 19 injured in blast at dairy plant in Hapur

MEERUT: A flying 1 ton boiler, which took off from a dairy plant propelled by a massive blast in it, landed in a dense residential colony in UP’s Hapur district on Sunday morning, bringing down several houses, killing a 5-year-old girl and leaving at least 19 people injured. The freak incident took place in Baroda Sihani village of Hafizpur area of Hapur.
According to eyewitnesses, the boiler, which was bursting at seams due to steam pressure, flew and initially landed in a field.“It took off again and landed on houses, bringing them down and trapping several residents,” an eyewitness said.
Owner of the plant, Vineet Sharma, has been booked.
“Based on the complaint of the girl’s father, an FIR under section 287 (whoever does, with any machinery, any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 338 (whoever causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 304 A (causing death by negligence), and 427 (mischief causing damage) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against Vineet Sharma,” Sarvesh Mishra, Hapur’s assistant superintendent of police said.
The girl, Misbah, succumbed to her injuries at hospital. Most of the injured are children, police said. Another minor girl with critical injuries was referred to a Meerut hospital after her condition deteriorated, police said.