[5] The Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO), which owned the mine, said it conformed to international standards.
There was also concern that the barrier between the two mines had been unsafely thin and that there was inadequate safety equipment.
[2] Ujjal Narayan Sinha, the former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, was appointed to investigate the circumstances of the disaster.
The surviving officials, manager Ramanuj Bhattacharya and agent, planning and group security officer Dipak Sarkar, were each sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of ₹5,000.
[6] A memorial to the dead (Shaheed Smarak) was built outside the mine entrance and moved to a park in 1997.