Indian Oil GM, 8 others held for Jaipur depot fire that killed 11
Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC’s) general manager for Rajasthan Gautam Ghosh and eight of his senior colleagues were arrested on Friday for negligence that led to the death of 11 people in the 12-day fire in the oil major’s Jaipur depot in October-November 2009.
All nine officials have been charged under Section 304A IPC (causing death due to negligence) along with sections of the Petroleum Act, police said.
“We began an investigation soon after the fire, which concluded with the arrest of nine IOC officials. The investigation team, working with petroleum experts, recreated the scene before the fire broke out,” B L Soni, I-G, Jaipur range, said.
The arrested officials were responsible for gross violations of procedures laid down by the Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) and IOC’s safety manual, Soni added.
The arrested officials, besides Gautam Ghosh, are, operations manager Rajesh Syal, senior manager (operations) Shashank Shekhar, senior terminal manager K S Kanodia, terminal manager Arun Pottdar, deputy manager Kapil Goyal, operating officer A K Gupta, deputy general manager in the pipelines division S S Gupta, and charge man K N Agarwal.
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