Management of Sigachi Industries charged with culpable homicide after deadly blast at Hyderabad facility kills dozens of workers

Hyderabad: The Sangareddy district police have booked the management of Sigachi Industries on charges of culpable homicide, following the fatal explosion at the company’s Pashamylaram factory that claimed several lives.

The case was filed based on a complaint by the son of one of the deceased workers, who alleged that the company ignored repeated warnings about outdated and dangerous machinery.Sangareddy police officials confirmed that a probe is underway to determine criminal culpability. “We are recording statements of employees and have requested information from the factory inspectorate and fire department. Once we have conclusive evidence, arrests will follow,” said a senior official.The complainant, Rajanala Sai Yashwanth, stated that his father, Rajanala Venkat Jagan Mohan (55), had been working in the quality control team at Sigachi for over two decades. On the morning of the incident, Yashwanth received a distressing call from his uncle, Ram Mohan Rao, informing him that a major fire had broken out around 9.30 am and that several workers were feared dead.

“When I reached the govt hospital morgue in Patancheru, I found my father’s body among the victims,” said Yashwanth, who works for a private firm in Gachibowli.

“My father and others had raised concerns multiple times about the ageing equipment. They warned the management that continued use of the outdated machinery could result in disaster — but no one listened,” he rued.I

n his complaint, Yashwanth alleged that the management deliberately ignored safety concerns, choosing cost-cutting over worker safety. “This was not an accident — it was waiting to happen,” he said.Based on his complaint, BDL Bhanur police registered a case under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), and 117 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Sigachi’s management.Additionally, four teams from the Telangana Forensic Science Laboratory (TGFSL) have visited the explosion site. Their reports are awaited and expected to play a key role in establishing the sequence of failures and fixing accountability, a police official said.The case adds a legal dimension to what has already been widely seen as a tragic case of industrial negligence, with grieving families now demanding justice for what they believe was a preventable disaster.

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