Kailash bar fire: Inspector suspended

BENGALURU: Two days after five workers were killed in a fire at Kailash Bar & Restaurant in Kalasipalya, police commissioner T Suneel Kumar on Wednesday suspended police inspector R Prakash attached to

Kalasipalya

police station for allegedly failing to carry out his duties.

In the

suspension order

, the top cop said the inspector had failed to ensure the bar closed regularly at stipulated time. “The inspector failed to enforce the Excise Act and other guidelines,” read the order.

‘Liquor sold post midnight’ According to sources, locals complained to

home minister Ramalinga Reddy

during his inspection on Monday that the bar was selling liquor round the clock. “Liquor was sold through a window next to the shutters post midnight,” sources claimed.

However, police officials from Kalasipalya denied the claims, saying: “If the allegations were true, everyone would be awake at night and no one would have died in the fire accident. All of them would have escaped soon after noticing the fire. It is evident that they were fast asleep when the mishap occurred.”

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