- Police conduct raids to apprehend builder, different suspects.
- 5 suspects taken into custody following suspicion of hyperlinks to fireplace.
- FIR mentions mall did not have fireplace extinguishers, emergency exits.
KARACHI: Because the investigation into the RJ Procuring Mall fireplace progresses, the police have arrested Ehsan Dhoni, son of the mall’s builder Arif Dhoni, throughout a raid close to Tipu Sultan Highway on Friday, The Information reported.
Dhoni’s arrest was confirmed by a senior police official who’s a part of the probe group, which is conducting extra raids to arrest the builder and different suspects within the case.
The investigation group, on Wednesday, took 5 suspects into custody following suspicion of their hyperlinks to the blaze contained in the mall that left 11 folks lifeless and injured 5 others on November 25.
The suspects are software program householders, Imran and Adnan, mall directors, together with Sultan and Faizan, and safety in-charge Abid Shah.
The primary info report (FIR) registered at Sharea Faisal Police Station pointed the accusing finger at varied entities concerned within the development and upkeep of the ill-fated mall.
Nonetheless, the ultimate investigation report is but to be accomplished.
No fireplace extinguishers, emergency exits
At the very least 11 folks died after an enormous fireplace erupted in a multi-storey shopping center on Karachi’s Rashid Minhas Highway final month, because the constructing stored burning as a consequence of a scarcity of fireplace extinguishers and no emergency exits.
A day after the hearth incident, the federal government registered a case towards Karachi Electrical (KE), the hearth brigade and different departments with the town’s Sharea Faisal Police Station.
The FIR — with provisions of culpable murder, negligence and damages for the lives misplaced within the tragic incident — talked about that the hearth within the constructing was suspected to have began as a consequence of a brief circuit.
It added that the constructing had no fireplace extinguishers and no emergency exits, whereas its map was additionally accepted illegally.
“Dangerous supplies have been used within the development of the constructing,” the FIR said.
In response to fireplace brigade officers, almost 50 folks have been trapped inside as rescuers doused fireplace throughout an intense hours-long operation involving two snorkels, eight fireplace tenders and a bowser.
It additionally talked about the position of KE and the hearth brigade, which issued a no objection certificates (NOC) to the shopping center regardless of the usage of faulty materials. It added that the corporate, authorities division and different establishments dedicated legal negligence.