Bengaluru: Firemen at the website where a fire broke out at a plastic posts producing system in Nagarthapet, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.(PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI08_16_2025_000234B)| Image Credit: SHAILENDRA BHOJAK
The structure owner and his child were apprehended in connection with the destructive fire that broke out in a plastic posts producing system near KR Market here, eliminating 5 individuals, consisting of a household of 4, authorities stated on Sunday.
Authorities jailed structure owner Balakrishnayya Shetty and his kid Sandeep Shetty, after signing up a case versus them for unauthorised building and construction, lack of precaution, and carelessness in executing fire security preventative measures.
The blaze, which emerged around 2.30 am on Saturday in the ground-floor storage facility, rapidly infected the upper floorings. A lot of residents handled to get away, however one household was caught inside and died.
Cops have actually determined the victims as Madan Singh (38) and Sangeetha (33) and their 2 kids Mithesh (7) and Vihaan (5) and their neighbour, Suresh Kumar (26 ).
Madan Singh hailed Rajasthan and had actually been leasing the structure for almost 10 years.
He ran a little production system that made plastic kitchen area products along with mats and steel cooking area utensils. He was living on the leading flooring of the structure.
Halasuru Gate Police took the father-son duo into custody for questioning.
Released on August 17, 2025
