New Delhi, June 9 -- Jay Mishra, the 34-year-old accountant of the Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast facility where a fire last week killed 22 people, was arrested on Monday after surrendering before a court at the Saket court complex, senior police officers said. A court remanded him to two days' police custody for interrogation and further investigation.

"Mishra's arrest was important because the registration certificate issued by the Delhi government's tourism department for operating the B&B shows him as the owner of the business, even though he worked there as an accountant. We will interrogate him to establish why the licence was obtained in his name and not in the name of the building's actual owner, Lavkesh Bajaj, who was arrested last...