Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : With the death of Umrawati Devi, 30, wife of Sanjay Yadav, at Patna on April 9, 2018, morning, the death toll in the LPG cylinder blast incident at village Asdhan under Ayar police station in Bhojpur district on April 1, 2018, evening, has increased to three.
Earlier, Sanjay Yadav’s daughter Puja Kumari, 4, and his father Tej Narayan Yadav had succumbed to their burn injuries on April 3, 2018. Eight persons of the same family are still undergoing treatment at Ara Sadar Hospital.
An LPG cylinder had exploded at the house of Tej Narayan Yadav at village Asdhan on April 1 evening in which 11 persons of the same family including Tej Narayan Yadav, his son Sanjay Yadav, Umravati Devi, wife of Sanjay Yadav, and his daughter Puja Kumari, son Hare Krishna, Dev Nandan Yadav’s wife Rita Devi, his daughter Kanti Kumari, Tarkeshwar Yadav’s son Suraj and daughters: Anshu Kumari and Khushbu Kumari, were seriously injured. They were admitted to Ara Sadar Hospital where the doctors had referred Tej Narayan Yadav, Umravati Devi, and her daughter Puja Kumari to Patna Medical College and Hospital in view of their critical condition.