India, Nov. 18 -- Months after a fire destroyed 200-odd small businesses and two restaurants at Bandra's Link Square mall, details are emerging of serious financial irregularities and safety lapses at the once-prominent shopping complex situated off Linking Road.

Members of the Link Square Premises Cooperative Society Ltd have made these allegations in a complaint to the deputy registrar of cooperative societies. They have also raised questions over the composition of a board appointed to oversee the affairs of the society after the managing committee was dissolved.

Meanwhile, the shell of the gutted shopping complex is a painful reminder for the business owners who operated out of the premises that their struggle will be a long-drawn o...