Overview
- Police now point to an indoor fire show or electric firecrackers as the likely trigger, revising early talk of a cylinder blast as forensic and magisterial inquiries continue.
- Four staff members have been arrested and the owners, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, are wanted for questioning, with the local sarpanch also questioned by police.
- Three senior officials have been suspended over alleged regulatory lapses, and a multi-agency probe panel has been formed to report within a week.
- Authorities cite major safety failures, including no fire department NOC, alleged unauthorised construction, lack of emergency exits, and a single narrow access route that kept fire engines about 400 metres away.
- The toll stands at 25 dead, largely staff with several tourists, and six injured, as the PMO and state announce ex-gratia payments and the government orders audits and licence reviews of clubs.