Ghaziabad, Aug 13 (PTI) More than a dozen residents of the Hindon Vihar colony here were hospitalised on Wednesday after inhaling poisonous gas that leaked from an old commercial cylinder stored in a scrap godown, police said.
The junked cylinder, purchased by scrap dealer Haji Saleem Malik, began leaking in the morning, causing the pungent-smelling gas to spread through the densely populated locality, an official said.
Residents rushed to nearby hospitals with complaints of burning sensations in their eyes and breathing difficulties.
An FIR has been registered against Malik under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act, Additional DCP Poonam Mishra told PTI.
“The accused scrap dealer is absconding and efforts are on to trace him,” the officer added. PTI COR ABN ABN NSD NSD
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