Rajkot Gaming Zone Fireplace: After a gaming heart in Rajkot caught hearth, ensuing within the deaths of 28 folks, together with 9 kids, the Gujarat Excessive Court docket criticised town’s municipal authorities for not certifying at the least two comparable buildings within the metropolis. The courtroom asserted that it has misplaced its ‘belief’ on the Bhartiya Janta Occasion-led state authorities.
The HC was outraged after studying that two gaming zones had been working for over 24 months every with out the required permits, together with hearth security certificates.
“Have you ever gone blind? Did you go to sleep? Now we don’t belief the native system and the state,” the courtroom mentioned.
As per reviews, Rajkot gaming zone was granted a license by native cops in November final 12 months and was additional renewed to December 31, 2024.
The Rajkot municipal authority showcased some images of officers on the gaming zone, to which the courtroom furiously asserted, “Who had been these officers? Did they go there to play?”
The courtroom allegedly mentioned that it could possibly not belief the native system or the state, the courtroom fumed when knowledgeable that fireplace security certification hearings had remained unresolved for 4 years.
Advocate Manisha Luv Kumar Shah, representing the state authorities, admitted that two further gaming zones in Ahmedabad had been working with out permission. She knowledgeable the courtroom {that a} particular workforce had been established to analyze these points and submit a report inside 72 hours.
The courtroom was additionally instructed that this investigation contains mini-gaming zones inside malls, totalling 34 within the metropolis, of which three lack the necessary no-objection certificates from the hearth division.
In the meantime, the state reassured the courtroom by highlighting the arrests of all three homeowners and mentioned that the probe is ongoing to nab the remaining suspect.
