A total of 23 people, including 13 foreigners, were killed in Malviya Nagar’s Hauz Rani area in a fire incident at Flourish Stays B&B on June 3.
Bajaj was arrested by the Delhi Police following the fire. He has been chargesheeted in the case under sections relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, mischief by fire, and negligent conduct with fire.
Delhi Police has alleged that his application for a hotel licence had been rejected over a lack of fire exit, and that he ran the property as a B&B instead of reapplying.