Palghar, March 2 -- Superintendent of Police (SP) Palghar Yatish Deshmukh dimissed the possibility of a life-threatening situation after panic gripped the entire Tarapur MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) area in Palghar district on Monday after an Oleum gas leak was reported at the Bhageria Chemical Company.

He clarified that the concerned authorities have covered almost 90 to 95 per cent of the spillage at the spot.

"There is nothing like a life-threatening (situation) at the leakage spot right now. Also, we have covered almost 90 to 95 per cent of the spillage at the spot," SP Deshmukh told ANI.

Yatish said, "Initially, when we got the information about the leakage, nearly 200 people were in the compound of the fa...