A senior official says said the three-storey building did not exist in the department's records
As the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday began probing Monday’s devastating fire in Lucknow that claimed 15 lives, officials in the Fire Services Department, which along with the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) and the Electricity Department is under scanner, sought to distance themselves from the responsibility for the tragedy.
The state government has already indicated that it holds the three departments accountable for lapses, suspending a fire service officer (FSO), an executive engineer of the Electricity Department and two LDA engineers within hours of the incident.
Among the three departments, the Fire Services Department is expected to face the toughest scrutiny as the tragedy involved a major fire.
