Piyali Mitra(@Plchakraborty):#Breaking: Kolkata Police has registered a suo motu case in connection with the New Market hotel fire, which claimed 9 lives. A SIT headed by the DC, DD has been formed to probe the incident. The Fire Department will also lodge a separate complaint. The hotel owner is currently absconding.

Piyali Mitra

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Piyali Mitra@Plchakraborty

2026.08.19 05:43

#Breaking#: Kolkata Police has registered a suo motu case in connection with the New Market hotel fire, which claimed 9 lives. A SIT headed by the DC, DD has been formed to probe the incident. The Fire Department will also lodge a separate complaint. The hotel owner is currently absconding.

Piyali Mitra@Plchakraborty

2026.08.19 02:06

Devastating fire broke out at a hotel on Free School Street, Kolkata claiming the lives of nine people, including a child.