Hussain Sagar boat fire: BC Welfare Commission seeks report from Hyderabad Police Commissioner
The Hindu
Backward Classes Welfare Commission seeks report on Hussain Sagar lake fire accident that killed two, injured four.
The Backward Classes (BC) Welfare Commission, on Wednesday, sought a detailed report on the fire accident in a boat and a jetty on the Hussain Sagar lake, that claimed the lives of two young men and left at least four injured.
In a letter to Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand, panel chairman G. Niranjan asked for complete details of the accident within three days.
This comes a day after S. Ajay’s body was retrieved from the lake following a 48-hour search operation. Earlier on the same day, another victim, identified as 22-year-old Ganapathi, a pyrotechnician, succumbed at Yashoda Hospital.
On the night of January 26, a fire broke out at a boat and jetty during the ‘Bharatha Matha Maha Harathi’ event.