Mamata Banerjee inspects fire-ravaged hotel, promises action

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the hotel fire spot. PIC/PTI

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday inspected the fire-ravaged hotel in central Kolkata and announced that those responsible for the death of 14 people in the city's latest inferno tragedy will not be spared. She was flanked by Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma and senior ministers Sujit Basu and Sashi Panja.

Banerjee said that special committees comprising police, administration and fire services department are being set up to monitor and identify establishments which are flouting fire safety norms. "Not just the owners who will be found guilty of norm violation, but also those in the administration responsible for oversight and handing operational NOCs to premises with inadequate fire safety will also come under the purview of punishment," she said.

Akash Chawla, the owner of Rituraj Hotel, and manager Gaurav Kapoor were taken arrested on Thursday. A suo motu case has been registered at the Jorasanko police station under various sections of the BNS against them, police said.

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