India, May 1 -- The owner and manager of Hotel Rituraj in central Kolkata, where a fire broke out on Tuesday night killing at least 14 people, including two children, and injuring over a dozen, were arrested on Thursday, police said.

The hotel's owner, Akash Chawla, and manager, Gaurav Kapoor, were arrested following an FIR registered by Kolkata Police on Wednesday. "We have charged the hotel authorities under relevant sections, including culpable homicide not amounting murder, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhitaand the Fire Services Act," a police officer said.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, meanwhile, has set up a committee headed by state urban development minister Firhad Hakim to check the fire fighting systems in hotels, ma...