Hyderabad: A massive fire accident was reported in Hyderabad’s Hussain Sagar during the fireworks show on the occasion of Bharata Matha Maha Aarti organised by Bharatiya Janata Party state president G Kishan Reddy as part of the 76th Republic Day celebrations on Sunday, January 26.
The event, hosted by Bharat Matha foundation was conducted at the People’s Plaza located in Necklace Road.
After the aarti concluded, BJP state president G Kishan Reddy gave a go ahead for the fireworks.
Four people have been injured in the fire accident.
One of them, a 35-year-old person named Ganapathy, who was incharge of the fireworks, received serious burn injuries. He is currently under treatment at Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad. Doctors say he is on ventilator and is critical.
Speaking to Siasat.com, Ganapathy’s brother-in-law said that the former had been working as a firecracker expert since 10 years.
Kishan Reddy met him and assured all possible help.
Ganapathy hails from East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
The remaining three – Krishna, 47, Sai Chand, 21 and Raghu, 22, received minor injuries and were discharged from the hospital.
Siasat.com spoke to the Secretariat station house officer (SHO) who said preliminary investigation suggested the fireworks were conducted from a distance. “It seems the crackers hit the boats and resulted in the accident,” the SHO said.
When asked if permission was sought for the fireworks, the SHO said that such events require the nod from senior police officials. He also said that permission would have been given by the state tourism deparment. He however refused to divulge further details.
Siasat.com also spoke to a senior police officer who said that the department was not aware of any such permission.
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