Cook arrested in deadly Delhi hotel fire case, claims blaze ‘began after spark in fryer’
Delhi police have arrested a cook following a deadly hotel fire that killed 21 people. While the cook claims the fire started from a fryer spark, his defense argues it was an electrical short circuit, and the hotel managers remain at large.
Why it matters
The incident highlights critical lapses in fire safety regulations and accountability in urban hospitality facilities.
Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a cook working at the Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast facility in connection with the fire that killed 21 people earlier this week, with a court later sending him to two days in custody — even as the precise cause of the blaze remained contested, the accused’s own account to investigators placing the origin in the kitchen while his counsel told court the fire was the result of an electrical short circuit elsewhere in the building.
The report presents both the police account and the defense's counter-claims without editorializing.
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