The Delhi hotel owner, Lavkesh Bajaj, confessed to fleeing in fear during the fire that claimed 21 lives and admitted he never secured a mandatory Fire Safety NOC.

The blaze erupted at the Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, which is a congested locality in Malviya Nagar, on Wednesday morning. | India News

NEW DELHI: Owner Lavkesh Bajaj has been detained after a lookout circular was issued in connection with the Malviya Nagar hotel fire that killed 21 people in south Delhi.

Delhi Police arrested Lavkesh Bajaj, owner of the Malviya Nagar hotel building. A devastating fire killed 21 people in the Flourish Stay B&B. The hotel allegedly operated without…