“Factory collapse: Owner booked, govt announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia”

After registering a case against four persons in a factory collapse incident occurred at Phase VIII, Focal Point, here, that cost the lives of three workers, now the Ludhiana police have booked the owner of Kohli Dyeing, Naveen Kohli, as an accused in the already registered FIR.

Earlier, four persons, including caretaker of the factory Neeraj Kapoor, was booked by the police on the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. On Monday, after the Focal Point police inquired about the real owner of the factory from the Industry Department, Kohli’s name was added to the FIR. Now, raids were being conducted by the police to nab the owner…

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal on Monday stated that Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had announced an ex gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of three individuals who lost their lives in the mishap at Focal Point…

The Deputy Commissioner also mentioned that a magisterial probe… has been initiated to determine the exact cause of the incident. ..the Commissionerate Police has filed an FIR against five individuals…

Lallan Yadav (42), a native of Bihar, whose body was pulled out from the debris on Monday morning…