Three labourers working at the Ambuja cement factory in Beawar district died after boiling material at 1100 degrees Celsius poured over their body. The incident took place at around 11 am on Friday in the Ras police station area.
The three labourers were residents of Uttar Pradesh. Two of these labourers had come to the factory on the very first day of work. The deceased have been identified as Ajay Kumar (21) son of Vansh Narayan, Pappu Kumar (25) son of Durga Kumar and Govind Maurya (22). They are residents of Chunar police station area of Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.
Additional Superintendent of Police Rohitash said that a large number of workers were working in the factory like every day.
“A sudden boiler burst and extremely hot material fell on the labourers returning from work in the pH section,” he said.
According to eyewitnesses, the temperature in the clean section is around 1100 degrees Celsius. Workers were burned by more than 90 percent of the material that fell in excess.”
After the incident, panic prevailed in the factory premises. The relatives of the deceased also work in the same factory.
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