Oil India Limited suspends 4 after Tengakhat explosion, 3 die
Oil India Limited (OIL) has suspended four personnel, including three officers and one employee, after a major explosion and fire at its Tengakhat facility in Assam.
The move follows allegations that they failed in their duties.
Sadly, the death toll from the incident has reached three, with another injured worker passing away on Saturday.
OIL offers ₹10L/₹5L, Sonowal urges probe
OIL is offering ₹10 lakh to each family who lost someone and ₹5 lakh to those injured.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the injured workers, urging OIL to give them the best care possible and calling for a full investigation into what went wrong.
He also sought appropriate compensation for the families of those who lost their lives in the incident and called for a high-level inquiry to establish the cause.