Bhubaneswar: On Tuesday, a day after a huge fire broke out in Odisha's private hospital, which claimed 22 lives and left many injured, four employees have been suspended as well as four officials, including the Superintendent, of a private hospital were detained.

Two FIRs claiming negligence in conduct and safety against Sum Hospital were lodged by the Odisha government after which the arrests were made.

Joint Director of the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) Umakanta Satpathy and Fire Officer (Central Circle) B B Das filed two separate FIRs at Khandagiri police station.

According to Commissioner of Police Y B Khurania, “those arrested were Superintendent of Sum Hospital, Pushpraj Samantsinghar, Electrical Maintenance Engineer Amulya Sahu, Fire Safety Officer Santosh Das and Junior Electrical Engineer Malay Sahu”.

“The four officials were arrested on the basis of preliminary inquiry report of the fire officer and the FIR filed by Fire Services department at Khandagiri police station where a case in this regard has been registered”, Commissioner added.

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