Youth dies in air-compressor blast

Bareilly | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

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Bareilly: A 19-year-old youth was killed in an air-compressor blast on Saturday. Cycle shop owner Manoj and his father Bansi fled soon after the incident. The air-compressor was around ten years old, and many people had suggested Manoj to replace it, but he refused.” We are conducting raids to nab the accused, who is absconding,” Kumar added.Mohammad Rehan, who was buying grocery near the cycle shop, said, “It was a powerful blast. The youth was buying spare parts from a cycle shop when the air-compressor at the shop went off.Police have registered an FIR against the shop owner.Baradari police station SHO Satish Kumar said, “Shoeb Khan, a fruit seller at Shamat Ganj fruit market, was seriously injured in the blast..