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Delhi Hospital Fire: The police on Sunday arrested the owner, as well as a doctor, of the Delhi children’s hospital where seven newborn children died in a fire on late Saturday. Officials said, Dr Naveen Kichi, the owner of Baby Care New Born Hospital in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, was arrested along with Dr Akash— who was reportedly on duty when the blaze erupted at the facility.
Dr Kichi had been on the run since the fire erupted at the Baby Care New Born Hospital in Vivek Vihar at at around 11:30 PM on Saturday night. The blaze soon spread to two adjacent buildings, leaving seven newborns dead.
A Delhi Fire Services official said twelve newborns were rescued from the hospital but seven of them died, adding that the five surviving babies are undergoing treatment at another hospital.
7 infants killed in fire at New Born Baby Care Hospital in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, owner Naveen kichi absconding!
12 newborns rescued from the medical facility. Gas cylinders were heard exploding in the fire. Cause of fire unknown. #Delhi govt suspects negligence, warns of strict… pic.twitter.com/khNMVtnNNN
— Nabila Jamal (@nabilajamal_) May 26, 2024
Delhi Police said that Dr Naveen Kichi, 45, 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) at Vivek Vihar police station.
He was arrested from Paschim Vihar area of the national capital, they said.
The police have also arrested Doctor Akash in connection with the case. An official said that Dr Akash was the on-duty doctor at the time of the fire outbreak and is being questioned.
#WATCH | Delhi New Born Baby Care Hospital incident | Delhi Police arrested Naveen Kichi, the owner of the Baby care centre and Dr Akash, who was on duty last night.
6 newborn babies died and several others were injured after a fire broke out at the Newborn Baby Care Hospital in… pic.twitter.com/9QofkRLqzR
— ANI (@ANI) May 26, 2024
Meanwhile, Delhi Fire chief Atul Garg said it is likely that the children’s hospital did not have a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from authorities and was unregistered.
“I cannot explain this completely yet, most likely the authorities did not posses a No-Objection Certificate (NOC),” Garg told news agency ANI.
“At 11:32 pm, we got a call that there was a fire in the baby care centre. We initially sent seven fire tenders and afterwards, sent five more. We tried very hard and rescued 12 children. Later we came to know that there were small children in which around six children died. It is a very sad incident,” the Delhi Fire department Director said.
Garg said the fire was likely caused by due to oxygen cylinders which exploded and resulted in the inferno. “When we got the call, the caller requested to send more vehicles as the fire spread to the nearby buildings also,” he said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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