<p>Seven workers fell ill after inhaling some poisonous gas at a paper mill in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The incident occurred at Shakti Paper Mill in Tetla village, where the victims were cleaning an open tank on Wednesday evening, Raigarh superintendent of police Santosh Singh told PTI.</p>.<p>However, the factory owner did not inform the administration about the incident, which only came to light after the hospital authorities alerted the police, he said.</p>.<p>The mill had remained shut ever since the COVID-19 lockdown was enforced and the cleaning work was underway to resume operations, the official said.</p>.<p>The workers were admitted to a local hospital, from where three were shifted to Raipur in view of their critical condition, he said.</p>.<p>A team of forensic experts was dispatched to the spot to investigate the exact cause of the incident, Singh said, adding that a case will be registered soon.</p>
<p>Seven workers fell ill after inhaling some poisonous gas at a paper mill in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The incident occurred at Shakti Paper Mill in Tetla village, where the victims were cleaning an open tank on Wednesday evening, Raigarh superintendent of police Santosh Singh told PTI.</p>.<p>However, the factory owner did not inform the administration about the incident, which only came to light after the hospital authorities alerted the police, he said.</p>.<p>The mill had remained shut ever since the COVID-19 lockdown was enforced and the cleaning work was underway to resume operations, the official said.</p>.<p>The workers were admitted to a local hospital, from where three were shifted to Raipur in view of their critical condition, he said.</p>.<p>A team of forensic experts was dispatched to the spot to investigate the exact cause of the incident, Singh said, adding that a case will be registered soon.</p>