CHENNAI, April 22 -- The owner of the private firecrackers manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district, in which 25 people lost their lives while five others were injured has surrendered while four of his accomplices have been arrested, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, four special teams were formed to trace V Muthu Manickam, the owner of the Vanaja Fireworks following an explosion that occurred at the facility in Kattanarpatti village in Virudhunagar about 550km south of Chennai on April 19.

"Four persons have been arrested and the owner has surrendered to the Court." a senior district police official told HT.

In one of the major tragic events in the district which is prone to such disasters due to the presenc...