Delhi Mundka fire updates: Building owner Manish Lakra arrested
Delhi Mundka fire updates: The Delhi Police earlier revealed that the commercial building did not have a fire NOC. Lakhra was absconding ever since the tragic incident took place.
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Delhi Mundka fire updates: The Delhi Police earlier revealed that the commercial building did not have a fire NOC. Lakhra was absconding ever since the tragic incident took place.
The owner of a building in outer Delhi's Mundka where a massive fire led to the death of 27 people was arrested on Sunday, two days after the incident, police said. "We received information that Manish Lakra was going towards Haridwar in Uttarakhand. We laid a trap and nabbed him from Ghevra Mod," Sameer Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer), said.
Twenty-seven people, including 21 women, have died in the blaze that started on the first floor of the four-storey building on Friday
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. While the fire-tenders allegedly reached the Mundka fire incident site late, a crane driver proved a saviour for over 50 people, mostly women, by rescuing them while the building was engulfed in razing fire. India News | Mundka Fire: Crane Driver Proves Saviour for over 50 People Trapped in Ill-fated Building.
Nineteen people are still missing