Malviya Nagar hotel fire: Arrested cook taken to scene for reconstruction and questioning

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police brought the arrested hotel cook Keshav Negi to the Malviya Nagar fire incident site on Sunday as part of the ongoing investigation.

Negi was employed at Flourish Stays B&B, where a deadly fire broke out on June 3, killing 21 people, including 13 foreign nationals.





Police officials conducted the site visit, and continued to reconstruct the sequence of events surrounding the tragedy.

Further details are awaited.

Earlier on Saturday, officials said that the Delhi Police had arrested the hotel cook in the Malaviya Nagar fire incident.

The police said the investigation has revealed that the cook's negligence led to the fire. The police have also detained several other individuals in relation to the fire.

During the investigation, authorities allegedly found multiple safety violations and serious deficiencies in the building's fire safety infrastructure.

Meanwhile, the Saket court on Saturday remanded Negi to two days of police custody. He was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Bhanu Pratap Singh after his arrest by the Delhi Police.

Lovkesh Bajaj, owner of the hotel, has been in police custody in connection with the fire tragedy.

While seeking Negi's custodial remand, the Delhi police said that the custody was required to investigate the case. The police also said that the fire broke out due to the leakage of cooking gas.

(With inputs from ANI)