Flourish Stay owner sent to 4-day police custody; MCD finds 12 nearby B&Bs violating their permits

Key points

• A day after a major fire left 21 people dead at the Flourish Stay B&B in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, the building’s owner Lavkesh Bajaj was remanded to four days of police custody by a district court on Thursday, on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, among others.
• Mr. Bajaj’s manager Rakesh and his accountant Jay Mishra — in whose name the B&B license was issued — are still absconding, the Delhi police said.
• The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has identified 12 other bed and breakfast (B&B) lodgings in the area which were operating in violation of their permits from the Delhi Tourism Department, offering accomodation far in excess of the permitted six rooms.
• The Delhi government says it will seal all unauthorised constructions and buildings operating without fire safety equipment as part of a month-long crackdown.
• In the case of Flourish Stay B&B, it had an illegal 24...