A magisterial inquiry has been ordered and two persons arrested by Lucknow Police today in connection with the fire incident at two hotels here which claimed five lives.
Lucknow district administration officials also said that four hotels including the two hotels, which had caught fire, have been sealed.
City magistrate Vivek Srivastava said: "Four hotels including the two hotels, which had caught fire yesterday have been sealed in a drive undertaken today. The erring hotels were unable to present NOC (no objection certificate) pertaining to fire safety and other documents such as registration papers."
The deceased have been identified as Mehar (one-and-half year-old) from Kanpur, Santosh Mane (35) from Pune, Priyansh Sharma (40) from Aligarh, Ganesh Prasad (45) from Patna and an unidentified woman, an official of Lucknow district administration said:
Teams will be constituted in two days comprising the additional city magistrate, circle officer, municipal corporation, Lucknow Development Authority and Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration, he said
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