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Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Two more persons succumbed to their injuries from the firecracker factory explosion in Champahati area of South 24 Parganas district, taking the total number of deaths to three, police said on Tuesday. Rahul Mandal, one of the injured, died at a hospital near the bypass on Monday night. Earlier, Biswajit Mandal had been killed at the same hospital on Monday, while Gourhari Gangopadhyay succumbed at MR Bangur Hospital on Sunday. The fourth injured worker, Kishan Adhikari, i…

Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) One of the four people who sustained burns following a massive explosion at a firecracker factory in South 24 Parganas district’s Champahati area, succumbed on Sunday, the police said.According to the reports, Gouhari Ganguly succumbed to burns around 1.30 a.m. at MR Bangur Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment.A senior officer of Kolkata Police said, “Early on Sunday morning, one of the critically injured people succumbed to his wounds in the hospital.””Ganguly, who…

Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) Four persons were seriously injured after a massive explosion took place at a firecracker factory in South 24 Parganas district’s Champahati area on Saturday. According to the police, one of the four injured is in critical condition. Sources said they have been shifted to a hospital in Kolkata for better treatment.The incident occurred in Haral village under the Champahati area of Baruipur police station. A similar explosion had taken place in the same Sardar Para area of …