Kamala Mills owner Ramesh Gowani arrested

The owner of Mumbai's Kamala Mills compound, Ramesh Gowani, was arrested in Mumbai last night on Monday night in connection with the pub fire, which claimed 14 lives on December 29 last. Police informed the news agency that Gowani has been taken into custody under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). He was arrested in suburban Chembur area. 

Earlier, Gowani was booked for the offence under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act and his statement was recorded by the police after the blaze swept through resto-pubs 1 Above and Mojo's Bistro located in the Kamala Mills compound in



Central Mumbai. 

Recently, Kamala Mills partner Ravi Bhandari, Station Fire officer Rajendra Patil and owner of Nirvana Hukkah Utkarsh Pandey were arrested for the same offence. The arrests were made after civic chief Ajoy Mehta, in his report to the chief minister, mentioned about the factors which caused the tragedy.

According to the inquiry report, the fire started because of flying charcoal embers from hookah which was illegally served at Mojo's Bistro. It then spread to 1 Above. Most of the victims were dining at 1 Above. All owners of the two pubs had now been booked and arrested.