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Many people playing on the adjacent cricket ground and tennis court were also evacuated; PCMC municipal commissioner promises strict action against the guilty.
At the site of the blasts, Express spoke to the nephew of Chandrakant Sapkal, Sagar Sapkal who said it was the first time that they allowed a tanker to park at their vacant plot.
Ganesh Jawadwad, in charge of Wakad police station, said, "We have booked four persons in the illegal business of filling propylene from tanker to small cylinders. A search has been launched for them”.
The family hailed from Pali in Rajasthan and ran a hardware store called Sachin Hardware and Electricals in Shahunagar.