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| Police and fire personnel assess fire damage at the Jabalpur hospital (PTI) |
The preliminary probe into the Jabalpur hospital fire incident has revealed that the fire No Objection Certificate (NOC) had expired, besides several other shortcomings regarding fire safety, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Tuesday.
He said police have registered a case of culpable homicide against four doctors-cum-owners of the hospital and arrested its manager, a day after the devastating blaze killed eight persons, including four patients.
The doctors are on the run and police have sent out teams to nab them, a senior police officer said.
Prima facie, several shortcomings were found on the part of the hospital regarding fire safety. The preliminary probe has found that the fire No Objection Certificate (NOC) of the New Life Multi-Speciality Hospital had expired, Mishra said.
"The FIR was registered by the Jabalpur police against four
owners-cum-doctors of the hospital under sections 304 (Punishment for
culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 308 (attempt to commit
culpable homicide) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code)," he told reporters in
Bhopal even as he termed the incident "very unfortunate". (PTI)
