Police arrested Shikha Inn owner Bireshwar Mitra on Saturday, four days after a fire at the hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata killed nine people. Seven of the dead were Bangladeshi citizens. Mitra, 46, was detained at his home on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala after being missing since the fire broke out early Wednesday.
According to police sources cited by the Indian Express, Mitra left Kolkata by car after the fire and went into hiding in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Police are examining why he returned home and whether anyone helped him hide. His two bank accounts have been frozen, stopping financial transactions, and police believe financial difficulty may have prompted his return.
Police searched two other hotels owned by Mitra in Digha and Mandarmani on Friday but did not find him. He is due in court on Sunday, when police will seek custody for questioning. The hotel’s lessee, Abu Jafar, was previously arrested. Authorities have also issued fire-safety notices to 25 hotels, inns and restaurants in central Kolkata and closed several establishments following inspections.
আমার দেশ অনলাইন প্রকাশ : ২৩ আগস্ট ২০২৬, ০৮: ১১ কলকাতার মধ্যাঞ্চলের শিখা ইন হোটেলে আগুনে নয়জন নিহত হওয়ার চার দিন পর হোটেলটির মালিক বীরেশ্বর মিত্রকে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে পুলিশ। শনিবার বেহালার ডায়মন্ড হারবার রোডের বাড়ি থেকে তাকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হয়। ৪৬ বছর বয়সি
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