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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Last night remained peaceful in Jammu and Kashmir: Army
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New Delhi (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir was peaceful last night with no hostilities between the Indian and Pakistani militaries along the Line of Control and the International Border.
The Indian Army said this on Monday morning.
"The night remained largely peaceful across Jammu and Kashmir and other areas along the International border," it said in a brief statement.
"No incidents have been reported, marking the first calm night in recent days," it said.
India launched Operation Sindoor on early May 7 to destroy seven terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack.
All subsequent retaliations to Pakistani offensives were carried out under 'Operation Sindoor'.
India and Pakistan on Saturday announced reaching an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea, with effect from 5:00 pm that day.
There were some violations of the underlying by the Pakistani military on Saturday night.
