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Lucknow Aliganj fire claims 15 lives, four arrested

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Fifteen people died in a fire at a commercial building in Lucknow’s Aliganj area on Monday. Police have arrested four people including the building owner.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has constituted a two-member Special Investigation Team. It includes Amrit Abhijat and Praveen Kumar. The team must submit its report within seven days.

Police arrested Virendra Shukla, Tushank Krishna Jaiswal, Ram Krishna Upadhyay and Suresh Kumar Sahu. Four officials have also been suspended.

The building had no emergency exit and the biometric system blocked escape. The fire is believed to have started from a short circuit in the AC duct. A demolition order was issued against the building in 2016 for unauthorised construction and later withdrawn.

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Initial reactions on X focused on grief for the 15 victims, mostly students, with criticism of illegal building use, lack of fire safety and exits, and demands for accountability; some posts highlighted the arrests of four including owners, government probes like SIT, and condolences from leaders.

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The Fire Services Department said the three-storey Aliganj building where 15 people died in a Monday fire did not require a no-objection certificate under national building norms. Officials stated the structure was absent from department records and measured about 12 metres high with a built-up area of 185 square metres. A special investigation team began probing the incident on Tuesday.

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