Maharashtra: Toll in explosion-fire incident at Palghar tea stall rises to two

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The toll in an explosion and fire incident at a tea stall in Nalasopara in Palghar district in Maharashtra reached two on Friday after a man undergoing treatment died in a hospital in Mumbai, a police official said.

The explosion and fire had taken place on Wednesday afternoon in Gala Nagar under Achole police station limits, resulting in the death of one man, identified as Rounak Tiwari, on the spot, he said.

"Kisan Jha, who was injured in the incident, died on Friday in a Mumbai hospital. One more person, Shivam Mishra, is being treated for burn injuries. A probe had found iron pipes in the stall, blood stains as well as the gas pipe ruptured," he said.

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Meanwhile, Jha's brother Aman told reporters his brother was killed and sought a thorough probe by the police to unearth the truth behind the incident.

"A murder case has been registered. A probe has found there was some fight between the three persons present at the stall at the time of the incident," Inspector Chandrakant Sarode of Achole police station told PTI.

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