Cops arrest five in Bhayandar hotel fire case

Mumbai: The Navghar police arrested five people including the owner of a lodge-cum-bar in Bhayandar on charges of rioting and voluntary causing hurt to deter on-duty civic personnel who were supervising demolition process of the illegal establishment.

As the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation officials started razing the said hotel structure on Friday, a fire broke out on the terrace of the establishment. During the process of dousing the fire, an ugly scuffle has also taken place between the irate hotel staffers and the officials.