Police files charge sheet against six in Stephen Court fire

Six persons, including the three fugitive directors of Stephen Court Ltd, have been charge sheeted in connection with the March 23 fire at the iconic building that killed 43 people, police said here today.

The persons who were charge sheeted in the civil court here are three directors - Sanjay Bagaria, Sushil Surekha and Pradeep More, caretaker Tarun Bagadia, assistant caretaker Ramshankar Singh and liftman Jaiprakash Singh, deputy commissioner of Detective Department of Kolkata police Damanyanti Sen told PTI today.

According to the police, the directors and the liftman allegedly absconded after the fire.

Only the caretaker and his assistant were arrested after the incident, Sen said, adding, the later is out on bail.

Stephen Court an iconic building located in the posh Park Street caught fire on March 23 this year which killed 43 people.