Kolkata hotel fire: Construction supervisor arrested

Kolkata, May 5 (PTI) Police on Monday arrested another person in connection with the massive fire at a budget hotel in the city's Burrabazar area in which 14 people were killed, a senior officer said.

The arrested person, Sheikh Mohammed Sagir Ali, was the supervisor of the construction work that was being carried out at the hotel.

He had allegedly stored inflammable materials on the premises, the officer added.

So far, four persons have been arrested in this connection.

Construction activities were ongoing on the hotel’s first floor, and police suspect the fire originated from that area.

Police on Thursday arrested the owner and manager of Rituraj Hotel, two days after a devastating fire engulfed the central Kolkata property on April 29.

A day later, Khurshid Alam, an interior decorator, was picked up from his Park Circus home.

Firefighters had recovered 13 charred bodies from the ruins of the six-storey hotel at Mechhua Falpatti, in the congested Burrabazar area, on Wednesday, with another victim succumbing to injuries later.

The victims included a woman and two children. PTI SCH MNB

Source: PTI