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The bodies of seven Bangladeshi nationals killed in a fire at a residential hotel in Kolkata will be brought back to Bangladesh after the completion of identification and necessary legal procedures, according to Bangladeshi authorities.
The victims were among nine people killed in the blaze at Shikha Inn on Mirza Ghalib Street in Kolkata’s New Market area on Wednesday morning.
Post-mortems of all the victims were completed at Kolkata Medical College and Hospital on Thursday.
The bodies of the seven Bangladeshi victims are currently being kept at the hospital. The bodies of the two Indian victims have already been handed over to their families.
The Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is coordinating with Indian authorities and the victims’ families to facilitate the repatriation of the bodies as quickly as possible.
Three people have so far been arrested in connection with the fire, while the hotel owner remains absconding, according to Kolkata Police.
