India, April 17 -- Police have named Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal in a First Information Report (FIR) filed in connection with the boiler explosion at the conglomerate's power plant that killed 20 workers and injured 15 others in Chhattisgarh's Singhitara.

In a statement, the Chhattisgarh Police cited a preliminary technical report and said it indicated that excessive accumulation of fuel inside the boiler furnace led to high pressure and triggered the explosion, echoing a Forensic Science Laboratory report.

Police said the FIR was registered against Agarwal, company manager Devendra Patel, and others under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita's sections, including 106(1) and 289, related to causing death by negligence and negligent conduct with re...