Mumbai, January 11: The Mumbai Police has said that they have got information about one of Mojo Bistro's owners Yug Tuli 's presence in Hyderabad. Mumbai DCP Virendra Mishra on Thursday was quoted by ANI saying, “we are searching for him with help of local police”. On Thursday morning, the Mumbai police arrested the owner of ‘1 Above’ resto bar, Abhijeet Mankar in connection with the massive fire in Kamala Mills on December 29. The owner was absconding since the incident took place.
Two other owners of the restaurant, brothers Jigar Sanghvi and Kripesh Sanghvi were also arrested on Wednesday on the information provided by a Juhu-based hotelier Vishal Kariya. Kariya was arrested the same day for sheltering the duo along with Mankar. Reports by ANI state that the police had also recovered a high-end car of accused Mankar from the Juhu residence of Kariya. When Kariya was picked up for questioning, the hotelier revealed that he sheltered the trio at his residence. The Juhu-based hotelier has been booked under Section 216 of the Indian Penal Code.
Reports state that the Maharashtra Govt has appointed Advocate Prakash Shetty as Special Public Prosecutor for Kamala Mills Fire case trial. On January 6, ‘1 Above’ was found to have flouted the fire safety measures issued by the Mumbai Fire Brigade, which led to the fire on December 29. To recall, Yug Pathak, one of the owners of Mojo’s Bistro and the son of former Pune police commissioner K K Pathak, has also been arrested in the case.
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