T'gana factory blast: 5 workers from Odisha still missing, DNA matching to be undertaken

WHILE four workers from Odisha are among those killed in the Telangana factory blast, five others from the eastern state are still missing, prompting their relatives to reach the spot for DNA matching with unidentified bodies, officials said on Thursday.

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While relatives of four missing persons have given DNA samples for matching, kin of the fifth person will reach the southern state during the day.

Among the missing persons, two are from Nabarangpur district, two from Ganjam and one from Cuttack. The bodies of the deceased have also reached their native places in Odisha.

So far, 38 people have been killed and several others injured in a powerful blast at a pharmaceutical plant in Pashamylaram in Telangana's Sangareddy district on June 30.

"The local administration informed us that 143 people were working in the factory when the blast took place. Some people from Odisha were working in different sections. Of them, four were killed, four injured, among whom one is serious, and five others are still missing,” Pritish Panda, Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Directorate of Odisha Parivaar told PTI over the phone.