The death toll in the Hauz Rani fire has risen to 22 after a 39-year-old Nigerian national succumbed to their injuries, police said on Sunday.
A total of 49 injured guests were evacuated from the Flourish Stay B&B after a fire erupted around 8:30 am on Wednesday.
Of them, 21 were declared brought dead at the hospitals they were rushed to, while 28 were undergoing treatment.
Investigators took the 65-year-old cook, Keshav Negi, to the B&B facility for a scene recreation with the help of forensic experts and the crime scene investigation team.
Negi showed them the place in the ground-floor kitchen where he was cooking when the fire started, but his counsel claimed it was caused by an electrical short circuit elsewhere in the building.
Another key accused, Jay Mishra, who was listed as the owner of the B&B on the licence issued by the Delhi government’s tourism department, is still at large.
