Two quarry owners arrested; two police officials suspended
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Prime accused, who is a BJP leader, yet to be arrested.
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Six employees of the quarry-crusher unit at Hirenagavalli village in Chikkaballapur died on Tuesday. | Photo Credit:
Sudhakara Jain
Prime accused, who is a BJP leader, yet to be arrested.
The police on Wednesday arrested two key owners of the quarry and crusher unit whose six employees were killed in an accidental blast on Tuesday while trying to dispose of illegally procured explosives in Chickballapur district.
The arrested have been identified as Venkatashiva Reddy and Raghavendra Reddy, brothers hailing from Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh. With these, the total number of arrests have gone up to five. The Gudibande police had arrested driver Riyaz, the sole survivor of the accident, supervisor Praveen, and another partner Madhusudhan Reddy on Tuesday. The police have taken the custody of Raghavendra Reddy and Riyaz, while