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The Delhi Police has apprehended a 17-year-old miss and 3 others for their alleged engagement successful a occurrence astatine a residential gathering successful southeast Delhi's Govindpuri country that claimed lives of 3 and injured 8 people, officials said connected Sunday (June 14, 2026).
The occurrence broke retired astatine astir 2.20 a.m. connected Friday (June 12, 2026) astatine the multi-storey gathering successful Tughlakabad Extension, engulfing the operation from the crushed level to the 5th floor.
Eight radical sustained injuries successful the incidental and were shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre and Safdarjung Hospital for treatment. Three radical of a family, Pankaj Pandey, his sister Sonia and maternal grandma Sushila Devi, succumbed to their injuries.
Police initially registered a lawsuit nether Sections 287 (negligent behaviour with respect to fire) and 106(1) (causing decease negligence) of the BNS and launched an probe into the incident.
"During the probe, teams examined CCTV footage from the country and noticed a pistillate entering the premises soon earlier the occurrence broke out. Based connected the grounds collected, constabulary concluded that the blaze was a deliberate enactment of arson," DCP (Southeast) Hemant Tiwari said successful a statement.
Subsequently, a 17-year-old miss from Navjeevan Camp successful Govindpuri was identified and apprehended. During questioning, she allegedly disclosed that a 27-year-old woman, Sarita, allegedly instigated her to acceptable ablaze a scooter parked successful the building, according to police.
Sarita allegedly provided petrol and a matchbox for the act, motivated by a monetary quality involving Deepak, a nonmigratory of the 5th level of the building, helium said.
Further probe revealed that the conspiracy had been allegedly orchestrated by Niranjan (33) and his member Rajkumar (27), some residents of Navjeevan Camp successful Govindpuri, to settee a idiosyncratic dispute, according to police.
Apart from the minor, Sarita, Niranjan and Rajkumar are being questioned and the 3 volition beryllium soon arrested, constabulary said.
Following the findings, constabulary person added sections related to transgression conspiracy, culpable homicide, effort to culpable homicide, mischief by occurrence and lurking house-trespass by nighttime nether the BNS.
The insignificant miss and the 3 accused person been apprehended. Further probe successful the lawsuit is underway.
