Day after, Bawana factory owner held
The bodies of 11 out of 17 persons who died in a major fire on Saturday evening in a factory here have been identified and the establishment’s owner arrested, police said on Sunday.
Out of victims in the fire in Bawana area, the bodies of 11 — nine women and two men — have been identified, deputy commissioner of police Rajneesh Gupta said. The 11 include Baby Devi, 40; Afshana, 35; Sonam, 23; Reeta, 18; Madeena, 55; Rajjo, 65; Sukhda, 42; Khusna, 47; Soni, 21; Suraj, 20; and Ravi Kant, 18.
Gupta said a forensic team reached the spot to investigate the reason for the blast, while the owner of the factory, which was also used as a warehouse for fire crackers, has been arrested.
Manoj Jain was taken into custody on Saturday night as police filed an FIR against him under sections for negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter, for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others under the IPC and the Explosives Act, Gupta said.
Delhi lieutenant governor, Anil Baijal visited the Bawana industrial area on Sunday morning. BJP MLA Vijender Gupta who was at the hospital said this was not the time for politics or blame game, but added that a special assembly session should be called to address the issue.
North Delhi municipal corporation mayor Preeti Aggarwal, of the BJP, was purportedly caught on video cautioning her aides not to speak about the building in Bawana, because its license was with the civic body. “Is factory ki license hamare paas hai. Isliye kuch nahi bolna (license of this factory is with us. So we should not speak against it).”
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