Hyderabad: Cylinder Blast leaves 3 injured

Hyderabad: On Tuesday, three men, Vinod, Chotu and Ramakrishna were severely injured when a cylinder exploded in a scrap shop. Those three men are found to be the workers of the same shop. The shop sells spare parts and metal scrap.

The incident took place at around 12 P.M., in the afternoon. The DCP, Venkateshwar Rao said that the accident happened when one of the victims tried to break open the cylinder mistaking it to be scrap. But the cylinder was loaded and it exploded when the victim tried to break open it.

All the three men were rushed to Osmania hospital and are undergoing treatment. Ramakrishna is in a critical condition and the other two victims are suffering serious injuries.

Kulsumpura Sub inspector, B. Venkatesham visited the spot and reported to a popular news channel that a case had been registered and the accident is being investigated.