Mangolpuri factory fire: Families recall workers’ final calls, two management members arrested for culpable homicide, negligence

NEW DELHI As the families of four workers killed in a fire at a shoe factory in northwest Delhi’s Mangolpuri Industrial area waited outside the mortuary at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital on Saturday (October 31, 2026), seeking answers and demanding accountability, the Delhi Police arrested two members of the factory management and registered an FIR against the owner and others in connection with the incident. At least four dead in fire at shoe factory in Delhi’s Mangolpuri Industrial Area storyline 1 The deceased were identified as Ashok, 25, from Nalanda in Bihar; Harihar Chaurasiya, 40, a resident of Mangolpuri; Lal Babu, 38; and Prem Chand, 50. Two other workers rescued from the factory continued to receive treatment at the hospital, with one reported to be in a serious condition.