Kamala Mills fire: Two managers of '1 Above' pub sent to judicial custody

MUMBAI: The Two managers of '1-Above' pub, who were sent to jail on January 1, has on Tuesday been sent to judicial custody.

Kevin Bawa and Lisbon Lopez were arrested in connection with Kamala Mills Fire tragedy which claimed lives of 14 people.

They were sent to the police custody by Mumbai's Bhoiwada Court.

Mumbai Police had arrested 34-year-old Gibson Lopez and 35-year-old Kevin Bawa from the NM Joshi Marg police station. 

Both Lopez and Bawa were working as the managers of the pub, located at the Kamala Mills compound in Lower Parel area. They were reportedly present at the pub when the mishap took place but fled without helping the guests.

"We have arrested both the managers," senior police inspector Ahmad Pathan said.

The two managers have been booked under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 337 (causing hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).

A massive fire at the pub in Kamala Mills complex on December 29 left 14 people dead and 21 injured.