Read Correspondent
Siddharthnagar.
There was an explosion in a firecracker factory on Monday in Ashok Nagar, Mahua of Uska Bazar police station area of the district. A buffalo got injured in this. No person was present at the time of the accident.
According to the information received, firecrackers were being dried at some distance away from the firecracker factory located in Purba Bagh of Mahua in the town. When the buffalo climbed on it, there was a loud explosion and the buffalo got injured. The firecracker explosion created chaos in the area. Deputy District Magistrate Sadar Mithun Chakraborty sealed the firecracker factory. Further investigation is underway.
Firecracker factory businessman Maimunnisha's wife Samiullah was taken away by the police and is being interrogated. The family of the firecracker owner has been living in Mahua for many years and is in the business of making firecrackers. The buffalo of Baljeet Yadav, son of Surabali, a resident of Mahua, had gone to the garden near the firecracker factory. A firecracker was being dried there and the buffalo's foot stepped on it, causing the firecracker to explode, injuring the buffalo.