A week after an inferno at three city pubs claimed 14 lives, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Thursday sought a detailed report on the incident from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Acting on a complaint lodged by a city BJP leader Vivekanand D Gupta, the SHRC directed Municipal Commisioner Ajoy Mehta to submit a report on the incident by January 29. Gupta’s complaint had come in the wake of a major fire that ripped through and gutted Mojo’s Bistro lounge and spread to neighbouring 1Above casual dining restaurant and london Taxi Gastropub at Trade House building in the luxurious building complex on December 29.
The blaze had claimed the lives of 14, including 11 women, and left 55 others injured. Following the mishap, the BMC had carried out massive anti-encroachment drive and pulled down 700-odd illegal constructions and structures in hotels, restaurants, eateries across the city for four consecutive days, in various parts of the city.
The city police have so far arrested two managers of the 1Above pub, while the investigators are looking for its owner-partners – Kripesh Sanghavi, Jigar Sanghavi and Abhijit Manka. The police have also booked owners of The Mojo’s Bistro and others for the mishap.