Police arrest 2 after building fire kills 27 in New Delhi

14/5/2022 19:46

        Police arrested two owners of a company that manufactures and sells security cameras after a massive fire reportedly started in their office in a four-story commercial building in the Indian capital, killing 27 people and injuring 12 others.
        
        The police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and a criminal conspiracy that is punishable with life imprisonment or 10 years in jail.
        
        Atul Garg, director of Delhi Fire Services said, the building had no clearance from the fire department and it was not equipped with fire safety equipment like extinguishers.
        
        Garg said the fire started on the first floor of the building Friday evening and spread quickly to other areas where inflammable plastic material used to manufacture equipment including security cameras and a large quantity of cardboard used for packaging were stored.
        
        Garg said, all 27 bodies were recovered from the second floor where people attending a motivational meeting were engulfed in the fire.