How a massive LPG tanker-truck blast revealed racket of illegal cylinders in Punjab

At first it appeared to be just a road accident that took up horrific proportions as one of the vehicles involved was a large truck-tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

Seven people, including the mega-sized tanker’s driver, died after a pick-up vehicle crashed into the tanker in Mandiala on the Hoshiarpur–Jalandhar highway in Punjab last week.