Kolkata, Nov. 13 -- Kolkata Police have filed a chargesheet against the owner of Shikha Inn Hotel and two others in connection with the August fire at the hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street that killed nine people, including five Bangladeshi nationals, officials aware of the investigation said.

"The chargesheet was submitted in court on Thursday against Bireshwar Roy, the hotel's owner, Abu Zafar, who took the hotel on lease, and Zafar's wife, Sabah Zafar. They have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder and violation of various safety rules," a police officer said, requesting anonymity.

Five Bangladeshi nationals, including a three-year-old boy, were among nine people killed around 2 am on August 19 when a fire broke out...