Two senior restaurant managers arrested

New Delhi: Two senior managers of a restaurant in Delhi were arrested in connection with the death of two employees while cleaning its kitchen treatment plant, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Saturday at the Pirates of Grill in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden. Housekeeping employees Rakesh (45) and Ajay (19) died due to asphyxiation, while two of their colleagues were hospitalised, the police had said.

The owners of the restaurant were also questioned, and they are going through the documents to ascertain their role, an officer said. Area manager Pankaj Kumar and unit manager Aftab have been arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Monika Bhardwaj said. A case was registered under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code and various sections of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Bhardwaj said.

Investigations revealed that the accused were the supervisory officers of the staff and were responsible for their safety and security, an officer said. None of the four workers who went to the basement to clean its kitchen treatment plant were provided any safety gears. Being the supervisory staff, it was the responsibility of the duo to provide safety gears before allowing them to clean the treatment plant, the officer said.

The post-mortem of the bodies are yet to be conducted and the family members of the victims have sought a compensation. Further investigation is underway, the police said. Lodge criminal case against Kejri: Tiwari Meanwhile, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari has demanded that a criminal case be lodged against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the death of two staffers of a restaurant here while cleaning its sewage treatment unit.

The incident occurred on Saturday at 'Pirates of Grill' restaurant in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden. Housekeeping employees Rakesh (45) and Ajay (19) died allegedly due to asphyxiation after they entered a sewage treatment unit of the restaurant. Two men have been arrested in connection with the matter.

Holding Kejriwal responsible for the "criminal negligence", Tiwari demanded lodging of a case against him and the officers concerned. He said the CM should also resign for this criminal act. "The investigating agency should also take into consideration his responsibility and take action accordingly because the sanitation workers are entering the plants for cleaning without protective gear. A case should be filed against Kejriwal for conspiracy to commit murder," he added.