On Saturday, the Mumbai Police have booked the owners of Dream Mall at Bhandup and the management of Sunrise Hospital for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. This comes a day after 10 people were killed in a fire break out at the Sunrise Hospital.
Among the people who were booked include directors of the mall, Rakesh Wadhwan, Nikita Amitsingh Trehan, Sarang Wadhwan,Deepak Shirke and directors of Privilege Healthcare Services Private Limited, which owns the hospital including Sweetie Jain, Amitsingh Trehan and Nikita Amitsingh Trehan.
Deputy Police Commissioner Chaitanya Siriprolu said "They have been booked under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code."
During the Investigation, it was found out that the firefighting system of the hospital including the sprinklers were not functioning. A notice of non compliance with fire safety norms was also issued to the mall in November 2020.
The Hospital was functioning on temporary permission which is due to end on March 31. At the time of incident, over 70 patients were shifted to other hospitals.
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