Fire broke out at Mundka building during motivational programme on second floor: Police
New Delhi(PTI): A motivational programme was going on the second floor of the building in Mundka when a massive fire broke out and a large number of people had gathered to attend the event, police said.
Fire officials said maximum number of charred bodies were recovered from the second floor of the building.
According to the FIR registered in connection with the case, On Friday, around 4 pm, a motivational programme was organised for all employees and they were assembled at the second floor of the building.
The FIR said police received information at 4.45 pm regarding the fire and 100 to 150 people were trapped inside.
Police reached the spot and found that a fire broke out in premises number 193, main Rohtak road, opposite pillar number 544, Mundka village, and some people escaped from the second floor of the building after breaking the glasses, the FIR stated.
There was a basement and four floors in the building. The fourth floor was a residential flat. The fire tenders were rushed to the spot and started dousing the blaze, it said.
During inquiry, it was found that the building was owned by Manish Lakra, who lives on the fourth floor of the building, it said.
There were shops on the ground floor of the building. A company called Cofe Impex Pvt Ltd was running on the first, second and third floors of the building. The owners of the company were Harish Goyal and Varun Goyal, it stated.
The company had around 100 employees, including about 50 women, who used to work from 10 am to 7 pm, it said.
When the fire broke out, many came out of the building after breaking the front glasses, but some of them trapped inside after the fire spread in the area. There was heavy smoke and fire inside the building and it has only one exit gate, the FIR said.
When the fire brought under control, police and fire staff entered the building and shifted the bodies to the hospital from the second floor, it said.
The building has only one entry and exit gate, police said.
Local inquiry revealed that the owners of the building are Sushila Lakra, her son Manish Lakra and his wife Sunita Lakra. While Harish and Varun took the property on rent for the business, police said.
According to DCP Sameer Sharma, an FIR has been registered against the owners of the CCTV camera packaging unit under Sections 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 120 (concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
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Thumbay Group begins work on Sharjah’s first private integrated psychiatric, rehabilitation hospital
Sharjah: Thumbay Group has laid the foundation stone for the Thumbay Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Hospital at Sharjah Healthcare City, a 120-bed facility that the company says will be the region’s first private, fully integrated hospital dedicated to psychiatric care, neuro-rehabilitation and addiction recovery.
The groundbreaking ceremony was led by Dr. Abdelaziz Saeed Al Mheiri, who is also a member of the Sharjah Executive Council, in the presence of Dr. Thumbay Moideen.
Spread across 110,000 square feet, the hospital is being developed to address growing demand for specialised mental health and rehabilitation services in the UAE and the wider Gulf region.
The facility will include inpatient and outpatient services in psychiatry, neuro-rehabilitation, addiction treatment, child and adolescent mental health, and care for mood and anxiety disorders. It will also feature VIP inpatient villas designed to provide privacy and support long-term recovery.
A mosque, named the Thumbay Masjid, will be constructed within the campus and will be open to the public.
The hospital is being designed to meet standards for Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an internationally recognised accreditation system for rehabilitation facilities.
Speaking at the event, Dr. Abdelaziz Saeed Al Mheiri said the project reflects Sharjah’s commitment to strengthening healthcare infrastructure in all aspects of wellbeing.
“Mental health and rehabilitation have long needed dedicated infrastructure, and we are proud to support a private partner whose vision matches the ambition of this Emirate,” he said.
Dr. Thumbay Moideen said the project was a response to a growing need for specialised mental healthcare services in the region.
“We have spent over three decades building healthcare in this region, and the one conversation that has grown louder every year is mental health. Families have been carrying this quietly for too long. This hospital is our answer. It is purpose-built, not retrofitted, and it has been designed around dignity, recovery, and outcomes that families can trust,” he said.
Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2026, and the hospital is expected to become operational by mid-2027.
Once completed, the facility will become part of Thumbay Group’s network of healthcare, education and diagnostic institutions across the UAE.
