Dehradun, June 8 -- Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said he spoke with Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta regarding the arrest of Uttarakhand native Keshav Negi in connection with the deadly fire at the Flourish Stay bed-and-breakfast facility in Delhi's Malviya Nagar that claimed 21 lives earlier this week.

In a statement to reporters, Dhami said he sought a fair and impartial investigation. "Today I spoke with the chief minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta, regarding the arrest of Keshav Negi of Uttarakhand in the Malviya Nagar fire incident in Delhi," he said.

"Rekha Gupta has assured me that no injustice will be allowed to happen to any innocent person and that the investigation will be based solely on facts and evi...