Overview

• Dahisar police registered an FIR on September 12 and booked the director of N Rose Developers along with the contractor and supervisor for causing death by negligence.
• The case cites Sections 106, 125(a) and 125(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with police saying legal action will follow after the investigation.
• Resident Mahesh Patel’s complaint triggered the case after his aunt Madhu Vinod Patel, 53, and niece Priya Ugrejia, 24, died; a third victim, Shanti Gosai, 74, was declared dead on September 7.
• The fire brigade’s preliminary finding points to a basement electrical short circuit, with smoke traveling through ducts up to the 23rd floor and leaving 22 people injured.
• Police allege critical fire-safety systems were not installed or maintained and say the building lacked a separate power line to activate safety mechanisms in the 23-storey Janakalyan SRA tower, where large-scale rescue resources were deployed.