Nagpur: Mankapur police will wait for a report from the Maharashtra Jal Pradhikaran (MJP) and the expert committee constituted by the collector in the Godhani gas leak case before registering an offence. Intelligence agencies, including the state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), have started inquiries to check whether any foul play was involved.Senior officers said they would decide on formal action after the expert committee fixes accountability.Staff on night duty at Mankapur police station and nearby police stations rushed to the spot the moment the chlorine leak was reported. Cops went door-to-door, waking people who were still asleep, evacuated residents and alerted them to the danger.Policemen wearing thin masks moved quickly through the affected lanes to clear the area and prevent further exposure.Meanwhile, intelligence agencies have begun examining the possibility of a terror or sabotage angle. Officials are checking whether any foul play was involved in the cylinder leak. Agencies are checking the chain through which the cylinder changed hands, circumstances under which it was stored or used, and any other unusual factors that could point to a deliberate act.Investigators are expected to correlate the technical findings of the collector’s committee with the intelligence inputs before deciding the next course of action.
