Kanpur cold storage explosion: No license; owner among three booked

The cold storage in Shivrajpur, where an explosion claimed five lives, did not have a license and three people, including its owner, have been booked in the case, police said today. District administration has also ordered a departmental inquiry following the initial findings of the probe which revealed that the facility was working



without any permit and was found storing potato packets beyond its capacity. The cold storage, where ammonia leakage from its gas chamber led to an explosion which caused a part of the building's structure to fall, was being operated without any licence, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kanpur City, Akash Kulhari said.