Kolkata, Jan. 31 -- Two warehouses on the eastern fringes of Kolkata, where at least 27 people are feared dead after a massive blaze earlier this week, were likely built illegally on the protected East Kolkata Wetlands where no construction is allowed, people aware of the developments said on Friday. Sonarpur panchayat samiti secretary (karmadakshya) Prasanta Biswas said the two warehouses - both owned by Kolkata-based Pushpanjali Decorators and one of them leased to restaurant chain Wow! Momo - were built on the protected East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW). "The Karimpur mouza under the Kheadaha-II village panchayat is entirely under the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW). No construction is allowed here. Be rest assured that the panchayat didn't give any permission to the two warehouses. They have come up illegally," Biswas said. State environment minister Chandrima Bhattacharya urged people to lodge formal complaints against unauthorised structures. A massive fire on January 26 gutted two warehouses near Kolkata, where police said at least 27 people are feared dead and they have recovered 21 body parts - including bones, skulls and charred remains till Friday - from the site. It has now been revealed that these warehouses were allegedly built in violation of Ramsar Convention, an international treaty. The police on Friday arrested two officials of Wow! Momo, a Kolkata-based chain of fast-food restaurants, in connection with the deadly fire that gutted two warehouses on the outskirts of the city earlier this week. The fire has snowballed into a major political issue ahead of state elections due this summer. On Friday, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh each for the next of kin of each deceased and Rs.50,000 for the injured people from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. The state government had earlier announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of each of the deceased persons. The police had earlier arrested Gangadhar Das, owner of the decorator's firm who also owned the two warehouses. On Friday the manager and deputy manager of the warehouse, which the food chain had taken on rent from Das, were arrested. htc...