Bhubaneshwar: Three days after the Bhubaneshwar fire tragedy at SUM hospital that claimed 21 lives, Manoj Nayak, the trustee of Sikshya O Anusandhan Charitable Trust which owns the facility surrendered before the Odisha police on Thursday, Police Commissioner Y B Khurania said.
"Manoj Nayak surrendered at Khandagiri Police Station. He is arrested and under interrogation," Commissioner of Police, Y B Khurania told reporters.
Nayak surrendered at the Khandagiri Police Station at about 3.30 AM.
He was taken to an undisclosed destination where the police officers were interrogating him.
The FIRs filed in relation to the case had not mentioned the owner although four officials of the hospital were arrested on Wednesday.
Last evening the Police had issued a Look Out Circular in the name of Nayak and Saswati Das, both trustees of the charitable trust.
The police had informed all the airports and railway stations to ensure that Nayak and his wife Saswati do not escape from the state capital. The Ministry of Home affairs was also apprised about the police action in this regard, Khurania said.
"We may go for arrest of more people during course of investigation," he said.
(with inputs from PTI)
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