MUMBAI PUB FIRE

Kamala Mills fire: Three pub owners arrested

bar-fire-arrest The Sanghvi brothers, who were on the run since the incident, were arrested from Andheri area in Mumbai | ANI

Jigar Sanghvi and Kripesh Sanghvi, '1 Above' pub co-owners wanted in connection with the December 29 Kamala Mills fire that claimed 14 lives, were arrested on Wednesday, police said.

A third co-owner, Abhijeet Mankar too has been arrested hours after the Sanghvi brothers were nabbed, according to media reports.

The Sanghvi brothers, who were on the run since the incident, were arrested from Andheri area in Mumbai, additional commissioner of police S Jaikumar told PTI.

The police had already arrested Vishal Kariya, a hotelier, for allegedly giving shelter to the Sanghvi brothers and Mankar—owners of the '1 Above' pub.

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The trio have been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences under the Indian Penal Code. Police had also announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information about their whereabouts.

On December 29, fire had swept through the '1 Above' and adjacent Mojo's Bistro resto pub in Kamala Mills compound in central Mumbai, resulting in the death of 14 people

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