Karol Bagh Hotel Killing

The social welfare department of the Delhi government has ordered a fire safety audit of all its institutions in the national capital, months after a massive fire at a hotel in Karol Bagh area killed 17 people.

Goel brothers, who owned Arpit Palace where a fire killed 17 people in February, forged documents to get licences to run the hotel and their "only and prior" concern was to "make profit" and "earn money", police told a court in Delhi.

The Delhi government has cancelled the Fire Safety Certificates of over 150 guest houses in the Karol Bagh area after 17 people were killed in a hotel fire on February 12, the Assembly was informed on Wednesday.

The Delhi government has approved amendments to its building bylaws banning rooftop as well as basement kitchens and stopping issuance of fire safety certificates to guest houses having more than four floors, days after a massive blaze at a hotel in Karol Bagh killed 17 people.

The Delhi Police has arrested Shardendu Goel, the licence holder of Hotel Arpit Palace where a massive fire killed 17 people last week, the officials said today.

Days after a fire at Hotel Arpit Palace that killed 17 people, the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) on Monday suspended licenses of 105 hotels operating in Karol Bagh area of central Delhi, an official said.

The owner of the Karol Bagh hotel, Rakesh Goel was arrested Saturday night by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police. He was absconding since the devastating fire at Hotel Arpit killed 17 people on February 12.

Intensifying its drive against hotels that do not adhere to construction norms, especially after a massive fire at a hotel in Karol Bagh killed 17 people, the Delhi government has cancelled fire safety certificates of 27 establishments.

In the aftermath of a massive fire at a Karol Bagh hotel killing 17 people, the Delhi government has cancelled fire safety licences of 30 establishments in the area in the last two days for various violations.

Probing the dreadful fire in a Delhi hotel in which 17 people were killed on Tuesday, the Crime Branch has shifted its focus to investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt at aggravating the fire inside the premises to settle an insurance claim by the owner, sources said.

After 17 people will killed fire at a hotel in a congested part of Delhi,will employ 3D laser imaging technology to simulate the blaze. Apart from ensuring that there is no loss of evidence, the high-tech method will allow the police to zero in on how and when the fire started, Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Deo said.

No panic alarm, inflammable temporary structures and an unauthorized kitchen in the basement -- these were the many irregularities found by the Crime Branch at Arpit Palace Hotel, a day after a massive fire swept through it in the early hours, killing 17 people and injuring eight in the national capital.

Two Myanmarese Buddhist pilgrims were killed in a massive fire in a five-storey hotel in north Delhi's Karol Bagh on Tuesday, while a woman guide accompanying them escaped death by jumping off its second floor, Myanmar embassy official said in Delhi.

Early this morning, before dawn, a fire spread through the two top floors of a budget six-storey hotel in a congested central Delhi area, killing 17 occupants, including a child. As thick smoke and flames rose from the top floor of Arpit Palace Hotel in Karol Bagh, two died when they jumped off the building in a desperate attempt to save themselves...

The hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh area where 17 people killed after a massive broke out on the top two floors of the six-storey building early Tuesday had its emergency exits closed every night, Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons has said.

The social welfare department of the Delhi government has ordered a fire safety audit of all its institutions in the national capital, months after a massive fire at a hotel in Karol Bagh area killed 17 people.

Goel brothers, who owned Arpit Palace where a fire killed 17 people in February, forged documents to get licences to run the hotel and their "only and prior" concern was to "make profit" and "earn money", police told a court in Delhi.

The Delhi government has cancelled the Fire Safety Certificates of over 150 guest houses in the Karol Bagh area after 17 people were killed in a hotel fire on February 12, the Assembly was informed on Wednesday.

The Delhi government has approved amendments to its building bylaws banning rooftop as well as basement kitchens and stopping issuance of fire safety certificates to guest houses having more than four floors, days after a massive blaze at a hotel in Karol Bagh killed 17 people.

The Delhi Police has arrested Shardendu Goel, the licence holder of Hotel Arpit Palace where a massive fire killed 17 people last week, the officials said today.

Days after a fire at Hotel Arpit Palace that killed 17 people, the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) on Monday suspended licenses of 105 hotels operating in Karol Bagh area of central Delhi, an official said.

The owner of the Karol Bagh hotel, Rakesh Goel was arrested Saturday night by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police. He was absconding since the devastating fire at Hotel Arpit killed 17 people on February 12.

Intensifying its drive against hotels that do not adhere to construction norms, especially after a massive fire at a hotel in Karol Bagh killed 17 people, the Delhi government has cancelled fire safety certificates of 27 establishments.

In the aftermath of a massive fire at a Karol Bagh hotel killing 17 people, the Delhi government has cancelled fire safety licences of 30 establishments in the area in the last two days for various violations.

Probing the dreadful fire in a Delhi hotel in which 17 people were killed on Tuesday, the Crime Branch has shifted its focus to investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt at aggravating the fire inside the premises to settle an insurance claim by the owner, sources said.

After 17 people will killed fire at a hotel in a congested part of Delhi,will employ 3D laser imaging technology to simulate the blaze. Apart from ensuring that there is no loss of evidence, the high-tech method will allow the police to zero in on how and when the fire started, Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Deo said.

No panic alarm, inflammable temporary structures and an unauthorized kitchen in the basement -- these were the many irregularities found by the Crime Branch at Arpit Palace Hotel, a day after a massive fire swept through it in the early hours, killing 17 people and injuring eight in the national capital.

Two Myanmarese Buddhist pilgrims were killed in a massive fire in a five-storey hotel in north Delhi's Karol Bagh on Tuesday, while a woman guide accompanying them escaped death by jumping off its second floor, Myanmar embassy official said in Delhi.

Early this morning, before dawn, a fire spread through the two top floors of a budget six-storey hotel in a congested central Delhi area, killing 17 occupants, including a child. As thick smoke and flames rose from the top floor of Arpit Palace Hotel in Karol Bagh, two died when they jumped off the building in a desperate attempt to save themselves...

The hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh area where 17 people killed after a massive broke out on the top two floors of the six-storey building early Tuesday had its emergency exits closed every night, Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons has said.