Kolkata, Aug. 20 -- Kolkata Police have arrested Abu Jafar, the leaseholder of Shikha Inn, following the devastating fire at the hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in the New Market area that claimed nine lives, including five Bangladeshi nationals.
Jafar, a resident of Jorasanko, was detained on Wednesday night and subsequently arrested after being questioned by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Kolkata Police's Detective Department.
He was reportedly picked up from the Entally Market area.
Police have also detained two other persons in connection with the case. Their identities have not yet been disclosed.
Sources, however, said one of them was an employee of Hotel Yapan, another establishment located close to Shikha Inn. Yapan is a...