Six killed in Hyderabad factory blast

Six employees were burnt to death when a reactor exploded in the manufacturing unit of a pharmaceutical firm in Maheswaram on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Monday. 

Two others were injured in the explosion that occurred in Asita pharma and drugs factory around 6 am. 

The toll was initially put at four but the rescue workers later found burnt bodies of two more employees. 

Legislator from Maheswaram assembly constituency T Krishna Reddy, who visited the factory, expressed grief over the tragedy. He demanded that the factory management pay Rs 20 lakh compensation to each of the families of those killed.