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Griev­ing hus­band Rakesh George has moved to take le­gal ac­tion over the gas tank ex­plo­sion that killed his wife, Ria, push­ing the long-run­ning tragedy in­to the court­room as he de­mands an­swers from the Na­tion­al Pe­tro­le­um Mar­ket­ing Com­pa­ny (NP) and the Fire Ser­vice.

At­tor­neys Prakash Ra­mad­har and Ted Roop­nar­ine, rep­re­sent­ing George, said Jus­tice Kevin Ram­cha­ran ap­point­ed him as the rep­re­sen­ta­tive for claims on his wife’s es­tate and is­sued a grant ad litem to bring an ac­tion in neg­li­gence and any oth­er mat­ter aris­ing from the Au­gust 13 ex­plo­sion that claimed her life.

At a me­dia con­fer­ence at Ra­mad­har’s San Fer­nan­do cham­bers yes­ter­day, Ra­mad­har said re­quests un­der the Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act had al­ready been sent to NP, with an­oth­er to be is­sued to Chief Fire Of­fi­cer Andy Hutchin­son. They are seek­ing copies of in­ves­ti­ga­tions or, at a min­i­mum, con­fir­ma­tion of when they will be com­plet­ed.