Fire fighters and media outside the two-storey cracker factory which caught fire in north Delhi's Bawana Industrial Area. (File | PTI) 
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Bawana fire: Factory owner’s police custody extended

A Delhi court extended the police custody of Manoj Jain, owner of the Bawana factory where a massive fire perished 17 people to death.

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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday extended the police custody of Manoj Jain, owner of the Bawana factory where a massive fire perished 17 people to death.

On January 25, the court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Lalit Goyal, a co-accused in the case.

Jain was sent to five-day police custody on January 24.

Earlier on January 20, 17 people were killed in a fire at a firecracker storage unit in Bawana area.

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