Seven suffocate to death while cleaning oil tank in Andhra Pradesh

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Seven workers of a packaging factory for edible oil were asphyxiated on Thursday when they got into an oil tank to clean it, district officials said.

The incident occurred at G Ragampet around 8.30 am when one of the labourers was cleaning the tank where the oil was stored. He accidentally slipped and fell into it. In order to save him, another six people entered the tanker and were asphyxiated.

The factory has been sealed and a case registered against it under IPC Section 304A (death due to negligence), Kakinada District Collector Krithika Shukla said. She said a four-member committee has been constituted to conduct an inquiry and submit a report within three days.

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The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh for the kin of the victims, and the factory has also been ordered to provide compensation, an official release said. Family members of the victims alleged that the factory management did not provide proper security gear to the workers.

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