Delhi Mundka fire tragedy: CM Kejriwal orders magisterial inquiry, announces compensation
India | May 14, 2022 11:54 ISTA magistrate-level inquiry will also be initiated, the CM added.
A magistrate-level inquiry will also be initiated, the CM added.
The owner of the building has been identified as Manish Lakra who lived on the top floor. Lakra is currently absconding.
Eight persons, including two children, died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses were gutted in a fire in Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said.
Last year, Ansals and former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and 2 others- PP Batra and Anoop Singh Karayat- were awarded 7-year jail term by a trial court and the sessions court had refused to suspend the sentence and release them on bail.
The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against Sushil Ansal under section 177 (furnishing false information) and 181 (False statement on oath) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 12 of Passport Act.
Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the respondents to file a response on the petitions and listed the matter for further hearing on January 6.
The court also awarded 7-year-jail term each to former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and two others -- P P Batra and Anoop Singh and slapped a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on them.
The court is likely to hear arguments on quantum of sentence on Monday. The convicts may face a maximum term of life imprisonment.
The case is related to the tampering with the evidence of the main case of the fire tragedy which had claimed 59 lives, in which Ansals were convicted and sentenced to two years jail term by the Supreme Court.
At least 17 workers, including 15 women, were killed in the massive fire at SVS Aqua Technologies's plant, which manufacturers chemicals, including chlorine dioxide (used in water purification), on Monday.
5 construction workers — 2 each from Pune, Uttar Pradesh and one from Bihar lost their lives in the incident. Their bodies were recovered by fire brigade personnel from the fifth floor, police said, adding nine others were evacuated from the spot.
Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune on Thursday announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to each family who have lost their loved ones in the fire incident today.
The Web series will be based on Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy's book "Trial By Fire: The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy".
Delhi administration orders to vacate factories at Anaj Mandi after deadly fire tragedy
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday ran a 3D laser scan on the building in Anaj Mandi near Filmistan that engulfed in a blaze on Sunday killing 43 people, to recreate the how the situation unfolded.
Chaotic scenes prevailed at Maulana Azad Medical College, where the autopsy of the victims of the Anaj Mandi fire incident was done, as people said they were confused about how to transport the bodies of their relatives back home.
Smoke seen emanating from 3rd floor of Delhi factory that had caught fire on Sunday. The incident had claimed the lives of 43 people, while many are still receiving treatment for burn injuries. A team of fire tenders has rushed to the spot.
Instead of waking up to the rising red sun on a cold Sunday morning, residents of the national capital's Anaj Mandi woke up to thick smoke and trapped voices calling out for desperate help from inside the factory which was ablaze.
Instead of waking up to the rising red sun on a cold Sunday morning, residents of the national capital's Anaj Mandi woke up to thick smoke and trapped voices calling out for desperate help from inside the factory which was ablaze.
Shukla told PTI that he has seen massive fires during his service but the Anaj Mandi incident was one of the deadliest. "I have handled close to 7,000 fire rescue calls and was a part of the rescue operation during the Hotel Arpit Palace Fire in Karol Bagh and the recent AIIMS hospital fire. This was one of the major fires in terms of the casualties," he told PTI.
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