BMC on Saturday filed a complaint against Kamala Mills ,'1Above' pub and Mojo's Bistro for illegal construction
The Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Saturday filed police complaints against Kamala Mills ,'1 Above' pub and Mojo's Bistro for illegal construction, a day after 14 people were killed in a fire in a building at the compound. The BMC has also filed a complaint at NM Joshi Marg Police Station against P22, a food joint in Raghuvanshi Mills.
Three separate FIRs are being registered under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act for allegedly making illegal construction, police said.
The said FIRs are in addition to the earlier FIR registered against 1 Above.
"We have received complaint from BMC officials after they found violation of MRTP act. We are registering three separate cases and work be naming the directors of the establishments,"said S. Jaykumar, Additional commissioner of police, central region.
The accused include Ramesh Govani of Kamala Mills, Yug Pathak, son of former Commissioner of police KK Pathak and Duke Tullip of Mojo, and Hratesh Sanghvi, Jigar Sanghvi and Abhijeet Manka of C Grade Hospitality, which manages the 1Above.
Yesterday, the police had booked the Sanghvi brothers of 1 Above pub, another co-owner Abhijeet Manka and others, under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others).
The police said that lookout notices were today issued against Sanghvi brothers. The police said they were in the process of issuing lookout notices against other accused as well.
A birthday bash at '1 Above pub ended in a tragedy as 14 people, including 11 women, were killed after a blaze broke out shortly after midnight on Thursday. Most of the victims died of suffocation. 21people were injured in the fire, which broke out at the terrace on the third floor of the Trade House Building in Kamala Mills compound at Lower Parel area.
The pub had yesterday claimed that it had all the necessary approvals and safety norms in place. It had also blamed Mojo's Bistro on the floor below for not having an emergency exit, leading to overcrowding of '1 Above's' escape avenues.
Meanwhile, the BMC today launched a crackdown on restaurants and started razing unauthorised constructions.
(With PTI inputs)
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