AMRI, vice-president, administration, Pritha Banerjee and a staff member Sajid Hussain who were in charge of the hospital on the night of the fire, were arrested, police sources said. This took the total number of arrests to eleven.
The two were remanded to police custody till January 30 by a court in Kolkata. They were charged under sections 304 (culpable homicide, not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) and 34 (common intention) of IPC as also under West Bengal fire services Act.
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