Mohali, Aug. 7 -- Two workers were killed and four others injured as a powerful explosion ripped through an industrial gas supply unit in Mohali's Phase 9 on Wednesday morning when oxygen cylinders were being loaded onto a truck.

Police have registered a case of death due to negligence against the supervisors of the unit, Hi-Tech Gases, which deals in the supply of oxygen cylinders, industrial gas tanks, and special gases.

According to officials, the impact of the blast was so severe that nearly 40 cylinders were hurled across the yard and the victims bodies left severely dismembered.

The deceased have been identified as Devinder Kumar, 27, and Mohammad Asif, 25, both residents of Uttar Pradesh.

The injured are Sarvesh, 45, Sachin, 24...