An inquiry report into the fire tragedy that claimed three young lives in an illegal paying guest accommodation here last month, has indicted the house owner and PG owner for the incident.
The report submitted has also held responsible the concerned police beat officer and enforcement officer of UT Estate office for the tragedy.
The report was submitted by SDM south SK Jain to Deputy Commissioner Manjit Singh Brar on Tuesday.
Sources said that besides holding the house owner and PG owner responsible for the tragedy, the report has blamed the concerned police beat officer and enforcement officer of Estate office for negligence in duty.
After receiving the report, the UT Estate Office has decided to issue show cause notice and take action disciplinary action as per the rules against those indicted in it, sources said.
The report stated that the tragedy occurred due to electric short circuit and the fire spread because of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) panel partitions, which are flammable. Partition was created in the PG through PVC panels to accommodate maximum number of paying guests.
Also, there was no ventilation facility in the PG facility, the report added.
Among various recommendations to avert such tragedy in the future, the report has recommended that a PG Board alongwith the UT’s helpline number should be displayed outside PG accommodations in the city. Apart from this, the Administration should put a cap on the number of PGs to be allowed per floor as per the area of the house.
Notably, the fire incident at an illegal PG accommodation in Sector 32 here last month had claimed the lives of girls namely Pakshi (from Kotkapura, Punjab), Riya (Kapurthala, Punjab) and Muskan (Hisar, Haryana), all aged between 19-22.
After the incident, the Chandigarh Police had booked the house owner and PG owner under Sections of IPC related to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, act endangering life of others and disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.
The house owner namely Gaurav Aneja had rented the house for PG facility to two persons namely Nitesh Bansal and Nitish Popli.