The Kumbalgodu police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the deceased and the landlord of the deodorant unit in a residential area in Ramasandra, following the explosion owing to an accidental fire which killed three and injured five others on Sunday .
Two of the deceased have been identified as Saleem, 38, a resident of Magadi Road and owner of the unit, and Mahboob Pasha, 32, a resident of Chandra Layout and driver of a goods vehicle. The identity of the third victim is yet to be ascertained, a police officer said.
According to the police, the injured Sajid Pasha, 15, Rehan, 10, Afroz, 28, Irfan Pasha, 28, and Allah Baksh, 32, have been sent to Victoria Hospital. Rehan suffered 62% third-degree burns and is being treated in the ICU of the burns ward of Victoria Hospital.
