The police officer could not say whether workers are trapped inside the unit.
After a board meeting and EGM of HPL on Friday, chairman of the company and state Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said every step would be taken to prevent the company from going to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR).
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is keen to participate in the share auction process of cash-strapped Haldia Petrochemicals for which due diligence is on. The final decision on it would be taken by the IOC board, Indrajit Bose, executive director-cum-state level coordinator, West Bengal, of IOC told reporters.
State-owned ONGC is interested in acquiring West Bengal government's stake in ailing Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL), a top company official said.