Three FIRs have been registered against the land owners and IndiaMart officers in relation to the fire incident that occurred on Saturday last week causing death of five executives. The FIRs have been registered for causing death by negligence and other relevant Sections of IPC, including forging documents to rent out the building under commercial usage.
The first FIR was lodged by police post in-charge Jai Prakash himself against the building owner, his son and the branch manager of the IndiaMart. In this FIR Section 420 of IPC was applied against the building owner in addition to 304 (a) (Causing death by negligence) of IPC which was registered on May 15.
The second FIR was lodged by Ratna Dwivedi, the mother of the victim Ritam Dwivedi, against the owner of the building and IndiaMart branch Manager Abhisekh Mehta. In this FIR section 304 (a) was applied. This FIR was registered on May 17.
The third FIR was registered on Wednesday by the father of the deceased Chandra Prakash Tyagi. In this FIR, the complainant named the building owner Radheshyam Sharma, his son Rajneesh Sharma, branch manager Abhishekh Mehta and the India Mart owner Dinesh Agrawal. In this FIR only 304 (a) was applied.
“The land owner of the IndiaMart building was found at fault. The plot number R-14/6 was sold for residential purpose by the GDA. The present owner bought the plot from a private person. He applied for the compound and deposited `5 lakh as requisite fee. But his request was turned down. The plot owner had been penalised for conducting commercial activities against the land use in the past,” said GDA Secretary Ravindra Godbole
Earlier the five IndiaMart executives were killed and six were injured in the tele-marketing company office when a fire broke in the building R-14/6 Raj Nargar where commercial activities were being carried in the residential building. The fire broke at 10.30 am on Saturday in posh Raj Nagar residential locality under Kavi Nagar police station of this city.
“We have ordered a magisterial enquiry in to the incident” said the District Magistrate Vimal Kumar Sharma.
As the fire broke out flames started reaching to first floor where IndiaMart executives were busy in their telemarketing job. The fire was so intense that in blocked the only passage to come to ground floor, said eyewitnesses. Finding no way to exit, the two executives broke open the window and jumped. One Piyush Goel died on the spot.