Ludhiana, June 24 -- The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) on Tuesday directed Ludhiana police to invoke provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers Act, 2013, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, in the FIR registered over the deaths of three workers who lost their lives while cleaning a chemical disposal tank at a factory in the city earlier this month.

Hardeep Singh Gill, vice-chairman of the Commission, said the existing FIR did not include provisions of the two Acts and directed police authorities to invoke the relevant sections by Wednesday.

He also announced that the families of the deceased workers would receive Rs.30 lakh each in compensation in ...