Kuwait: Three arrested in connection with building fire that killed 45 Indians
A team investigating the blaze has concluded that a short circuit led to the accident.
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Kuwaiti authorities on Thursday arrested three persons on charges of manslaughter and causing injuries due to negligence after a fire that killed 50 workers, 45 of whom were Indians, reported AFP.
The fire started on the ground floor of a six-storey building in Mangaf city of southern Kuwait on Wednesday. The building was housing nearly 200 workers employed with the same company. A total of 176 of the workers were Indians and 33 of them are currently admitted in various hospitals.
Of the three persons who have been arrested, one is Kuwaiti and two are foreigners.
The Indian embassy in Kuwait said that a special Indian Air Force aircraft carrying the bodies of the 45 Indians had left for Kochi in the early hours of Friday. The flight is expected to proceed immediately to Delhi after landing in Kochi.
Twenty-three of the Indian workers who died in the blaze were from Kerala, seven were from Tamil Nadu, three each from Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Odisha.
Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry Kirti Vardhan Singh reached Kuwait on Thursday to oversee the early repatriation of the bodies of Indians as well as for medical assistance to those injured.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George and senior IAS officer Jeevan Babu, the state director...
