Delhi Malviya Nagar Fire: Mattress Trader Who Spread Quilts To Save 8 Lives Now Seeks Rs 2 Lakh Compensation

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• Delhi Malviya Nagar Fire: Mattress Trader Who Spread Quilts To Save 8 Lives Now Seeks Rs 2 Lakh Compensation Published By, Last Updated: June 05, 2026, 08:11 IST A mattress trader who emptied his shop to cushion jumpers during the Malviya Nagar hotel fire saved 8 lives — but lost over Rs 2 lakh doing it.
• Now he wants the government to pay.
• As guests on upper floors screamed asking whether to jump, Arman rushed out 20 to 25 mattresses and quilts and spread them on the road below.
• When fire tore through Malviya Nagar’s Flourish Stay hotel on Tuesday, it was a mattress trader — not a firefighter — who ran towards the building first.
• Riyazuddin Mansuri and his son Arman emptied their shop to cushion those jumping for their lives.