Two dead, four hospitalised after gas leakage at a Visakhapatnam firm

Two persons who died were workers and were present at the leakage site, said Uday Kumar, Inspector, Parwada Police Station

Two workers have died and four hospitalised following leakage of Benzimidazole gas at Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam.

"Two persons who died were workers and were present at the leakage site. Gas has not spread anywhere else," Uday Kumar, Inspector, Parwada Police Station, told ANI. 

The two victims have been identified as Narendra and Gowri Shankar, while another four persons are being treated at the King George Hospital. The condition of one of the hospitalised persons is reported to be critical. The local administration and police officials visited the scene to look into the mishap. The initial reports