India, June 4 -- Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested Lavkesh Bajaj, owner of the building that housed the Flourish Stay B&B in Malviya Nagar. This came hours after a massive fire killed 21 people and exposed alleged violations of fire safety and building regulations. Track live updates here

The blaze erupted early Wednesday at the five-storey guest house in the congested Hauz Rani area of south Delhi. Among the 21 killed, 18 were foreigners from African nations, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and more.

Police had earlier issued a lookout circular against Bajaj and his wife before launching a search operation to trace them. An FIR has been registered under charges of culpable homicide and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,...