Mundka fire: It is suspected that an explosion in an air conditioner may have triggered the fire.
New Delhi:
The owner of the building in west Delhi, where a massive fire on Friday cost 27 lives, has been arrested. A case has been filed against Manish Lakra, who was absconding. He was caught this morning after multiple raids.
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Police said Manish Lakra and his family were on the top floor of the building when the fire broke out and came down with the help of a crane.
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Motivational speaker Kailash Jyani and his son Aman Jyani died in the fire. The police said Kailash Jyani – a resident of Gurugram — was giving a speech on the second floor of the building. There were a number of attendees and most of the deaths took place there.
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire on Saturday.
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It is suspected that an explosion in an air conditioner may have triggered the fire, which started from the first floor of the commercial building that houses the office of a CCTV camera and router manufacturing and assembling company.
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All floors of the building were being used by the same company, the DCP said.
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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Sameer Sharma, has said the company owners — Harish Goel and Vijay Goel — have been arrested.
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The charges against them include culpable homicide not amounting to murder and concealing design to commit offence.
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The four-storey building caught fire around 4.45 pm on Friday.
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At least 50 people were rescued from the building and around 29 are reported to be missing, the police have said.
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Twenty-four of the missing people are women and the police said DNA tests will be conducted soon for identification of bodies.
