Muzaffarpur: An FIR has been lodged in connection with Sunday’s boiler blast in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur that claimed seven lives, an official said on Monday.Town deputy superintendent of police Ram Naresh Paswan, who is heading the investigation, said seven persons have been named as accused in the FIR.These include Vikas Modi, owner of the noodles factory which got destroyed in the blast, his wife Shweta, manager Uday Shankar and other employees entrusted with the upkeep of the boiler.The accused have been booked under various sections of the IPC, including those relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.Efforts were on to nab them, police said.Seven persons were killed and as many were injured in the boiler explosion inside a factory. The explosion brought the structure down and left many buildings in the vicinity severely damaged.District magistrate, Muzaffarpur, Pranay Kumar said the boiler blast took place around 9.30 A.M. inside a unit at Bela industrial area that manufactured noodles and other snacks.The sound was heard far and wide and the rooftops of many other buildings in the area were blown away by the impact of the explosion which reduced the factory to rubble, said the DM.Seven persons, who have sustained serious injuries, are admitted to the SKMCH referral hospital where their condition was said to be critical.Chief minister Nitish Kumar announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh for the next of the kin of each deceased.According to the Muzaffarpur DM, three of the deceased have been identified and cheques of the compensation amount have been handed to their family members“Efforts are on to identify the remaining deceased. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF0 personnel assisted the administration in clearing the debris and we can say that there are no bodies trapped therein”, he added.(PTI)