"Can't Run Game Zone At Cost Of Children Being Killed": Gujarat High Court
NDTV
"Innocent people of the state should not die in fires like this," the Gujarat High Court said on the Rajkot game zone fire, adding, "Such incidents like this are happening due to violation of fire safety rules."
The Gujarat High Court on Monday lamented the heart-breaking death of 28 people, including nine children, after a fire ripped through a gaming zone in Rajkot that lacked the required permits.
The gaming zone - backed by six partners, of whom only two have been arrested so far, was set up in 2021, but did not apply for a fire safety certificate till this year, the court was told.
"This incident is an eye-opener. System's eyes have opened after the death of innocent children. Such a game zone cannot be run at the cost of small children being killed," the court said, directing the ruling BJP to file, as an affidavit, the report to be submitted a special investigative team.
