Three persons were killed when an explosion occurred in a cracker factory in Bhitaria locality in Ram Sanehi Ghat area here, police said today.
Shahid Ali (17), Hashmat Alam (14) and Ali Hussain (20) were killed in the incident that took place yesterday. All the victims were making crackers when the mishap occurred, they said.
The factory had a licence to prepare crackers, Additional Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Narain said, adding an inquiry has been ordered to probe reasons behind the explosion.
