Kamala Mills fire: All three owners of '1Above' arrested by Mumbai Police
The absconding owners of '1Above' pub, Mumbai -Kripesh Sanghvi and his brother Jigar, were arrested by the Mumbai Police from Bandra, a suburb in the city, on Wednesday. The two have been arrested in connection with the fire incident at Kamala Mills Compound that resulted in the death of 14 people.
The Sanghvi brothers, as well as their partner Abhijit Mankar, had been on the run post December 29 blaze that gutted '1Above' resto-pub and the adjoining Mojo's Bistro after the cops registered a case against them for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
"Our team arrested owner of the 1 Above pub, Abhijeet Mankar, from Marine Lines in the early hours," Ahmed Pathan, Senior Police Inspector, N M Joshi Marg Police Station told reports.
As per the reports, the police had devised a plan to nab the two co-owners since last evening, after Kariya, who has been arrested for allegedly sheltering the three absconding owners, informed the police of their plans to meet a senior lawyer at a Bandra eatery.#KamalaMillsFire: Owners of 'One above' restaurant Jigar Sanghvi and Kripesh Sanghvi arrested by Mumbai Police last night. pic.twitter.com/AnFopowPGE — ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2018
Speaking to media a police officer said, "We got to know that the brothers were in Bandra (West). We laid a trap and caught them when they came to an eatery to meet someone."
Reportedly, almost seven teams of the Mumbai Police had been assigned to the case.
The owners of the 1Above pub are likely to be produced before a magistrate later on Thursday, reports said. -PTC News
