Delhi children’s hospital fire: Police apprehends Baby care centre owner.

Dr Kichi, who was absconding after the incident, has been detained and is being taken to Vivek Vihar police station in Shahdara. The Delhi Police on Sunday apprehended Dr Naveen Khichi, the owner of the Baby Care New Born hospital in at East Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, a day after a massive fire killed seven new born babies and injured five other infants. Kichi, who was absconding after the incident, has been detained and is being taken to Vivek Vihar police station in Shahdara.Deputy Commissioner of police (Shahdara) Surendra Choudhary has said that the owner has been booked under sections 336 (act endangering life of personal safety of others) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). According to the fire department officials, the blaze broke out at the hospital at around 11:30 pm on Saturday and soon spread to two other adjacent buildings. Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg said 12 newborns were rescued from the medical facility but seven of them died. Five babies are undergoing treatment who have received minor burn injuries. Garg further said that it was a very tough operation. “We made two teams. One team started firefighting because there was a blast of cylinders, we can say the chain of blast of cylinders. So, we had to save ourselves also. We started rescue operations for babies as well.” According to the eyewitnesses, locals and members of an NGO were the first to rush to help. Some residents climbed the building from the back side and rescued some of the newborns. Further, an investigation into the matter has been launched and legal action has been initiated against the owner. Several leaders including President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal condoled the death of children and prayed for strength to the bereaved parents.