Blast at Sun Pharma unit in Ahmednagar

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has clarified with reference to the recent news item appearing in The Business Line dated December 29, 2016, titled "Blast at Sun Pharma unit".

On December 28, 2016, a fire broke out at Sun Pharma's Ahmednagar factory during excavation work, causing burn injuries to four workmen at the excavation site. All the four injured workmen were immediately rushed to a nearby Hospital. Two of the injured workmen succumbed to burn injuries and other two are being treated at the Hospital. According to preliminary updates, both of them are responding well to treatment. We stand by the families of these four workmen in this hour of distress and will look into providing all kind of support as necessary. We are currently investigating the matter with the help of local law enforcement. There is no loss of production at Ahmednagar factory on account of this incident.