Owner, manager of Kolkata hotel, where fire killed 14, arrested
Kolkata (PTI): The owner and the manager of the central Kolkata hotel, where a devastating fire killed 14 people, were arrested on Thursday, police said.
Akash Chawla, the owner of Rituraj Hotel, and manager Gaurav Kapoor were taken into custody in the morning, they said.
A suo motu case was registered at the Jorasanko police station under various sections of the BNS, including 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), and the West Bengal Fire Services Act against them, they added.
Police said 12 of the 14 bodies recovered from the hotel were identified and their post-mortem examinations completed.
These bodies have been handed over to their families, they said, adding that efforts were underway to ascertain the identities of the remaining two bodies.
There were 88 guests in 42 rooms of the six-storey budget hotel, located in Mechhua in the congested Burrabazar area, when the fire broke out at 8.10 pm on Tuesday.
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ICAR ex-chief, Padma Shri awardee Subbanna Ayyappan found dead in Cauvery river
Mysuru, May 11 (PTI): Former Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Padma Shri awardee, Subbanna Ayyappan, has been found dead in the Cauvery river near Srirangapatna, Police said. People found his body floating in the river on Saturday and it was retrieved, they added.
Ayyappan (70) was an agriculture and fisheries (aquaculture) scientist, and was the first non-crop scientist to head the ICAR.
According to police, his two-wheeler was found on the river bank and it is suspected that he might have jumped into the river.
However, only investigation can determine the cause of his death, police said.
Ayyappan was a resident of Vishweshwara Nagar Industrial Area of Mysuru, and his family filed a complaint with the Vidyaranyapuram Police Station in Mysuru, stating that he had gone missing on May 7.
He used to do meditation often at the Saibaba ashram located on the banks of the Cauvery River in Srirangapatna, police said.
Ayyappan, who is credited for playing a role in India's 'Blue Revolution', is survived by his wife and two daughters.
