In a shocking incident at Patalganga area near Rasayni , Panvel due to gas leak at Hindustan organic chemical company around 40-50 monkeys and more than 100 birds died.
The said incident took place on a night of 12 December 2018 at 9.45 pm. Hindustan Organic Chemical company makes fuel for the ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation.
The company officials tried to suppress the matter by burying all the dead bodies.
Today forest department came to know about this incident and filed a Preliminary Offense report against 7 officials and employees of the company.
JCB machine was also seized and its driver arrested.
Forest department is doing further investigation in this case. Number of animals died could be much more. This area is close to karnala bird sanctuary.
Lets hope innocent souls who lost their life in the gas leak will get justice.
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http://www.lokmat.com/…/gas-leakage-rasayani-more-48-monke…/