Search ends in tragedy: 8 of family killed in Delhi hotel fire

Key points

• Soon after the news of the Malviya Nagar fire reached the Aggarwals, the family members rushed to various hospitals and mortuaries trying to locate eight members of their extended family, who were staying at the bed-and-breakfast (B&B) facility.
• Delhi hotel fire highlights: Hotel building owner arrested Yogesh Aggarwal reached the AIIMS Trauma Centre around 3.30 p.m. He was accompanied by his aunt, Sarita Devi, who was looking for four members of her family, including her husband.
• They moved from one enquiry desk to another while checking their phones for updates.
• “We just want to know where they are, dead or alive,” said Mr. Yogesh, a resident of Shalimar Bagh.
• By afternoon, 50 members of the Aggarwal family had gathered outside Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, looking for their loved ones.