Delhi Police has apprehended the owner of the Baby care centre where six newborn babies died and several others were injured after a fire broke out at the hospital in the national capital’s Vivek Vihar on the night of May 25.
According to the officials, 12 children were rescued from the incident site where one was already dead before the fire call was made.”Six newborn babies lost their lives after the fire broke out and five others have been admitted to the hospital,” Delhi Police said.
The owner of the baby care centre, Naveen Kichi, was absconding after the unfortunate incident. Delhi Police stated that an FIR under sections 336 and 304A has been registered against him.
Following the fire incident at the baby care centre in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, a family member of a newborn accused the hospital staff of withholding information about the baby’s whereabouts.
The relatives of the newborn baby claimed that despite the fire occurring late last night, they were only informed about it today at noon. The family expressed frustration at not being updated on the situation and demanded to see where the newborns were being kept so they could identify their baby.
“The fire broke out around 11 pm-12 am last night. The hospital administration didn’t inform us about the fire. We got to know about the fire today, at noon. They are not telling us about our baby. They (hospital administration) just told us a fire broke out. We want to see where the newborn babies are kept. We will identify our baby,” a relative of the newborn baby said while speaking to ANI.
