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One person named in the Rajkot TRP game zone FIR was killed in the blaze in which the death toll was 27 (34 according to other sources), police said on Wednesday, adding that another partner in the amusement and gaming park had been arrested. 

 

Five arrests, police said, have so far been made in connection with the tragic incident of May 25 in which a gaming and entertainment centre made of fabricated metal, with litres of fuel on site caught fire, killing scores of adults and children out on a relaxed Saturday evening.

 

Kiritsinh Jadeja, a partner in Raceway Enterprises, which operated the game zone, was arrested from Rajkot-Kalavad road on Tuesday night, Rajkot Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Parthrajsinh Gohil told PTI.

 

"Out of six persons named in the FIR, one Prakash Hiran has died in the fire. During examination, the DNA sample of one of the deceased matched with that of Hiran's kin, confirming his death," the official said.

 

Jadeja is among six partners of the TRP game zone named as accused in the devastating fire incident and booked under various Indian Penal Code provisions, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

 

"We arrested accused Kiritsinh Jadeja near Rajkot last night, taking the total number of arrests made in the case so far to five," PTI quoted Gohil as saying. 

 

The police had earlier arrested Yuvrajsinh Solanki, Rahul Rathod, Dhaval Thakkar, all game zone partners, and its manager Nitin Jain, officials had said.

 

The accused have been booked under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 337 (causing hurt by an act that endangers the life or personal safety of others), 338 (causing grievous hurt to a person by doing an act that endangers their life or personal safety) and 114 (someone present when offence is committed).

 

The bodies of most victims in the game zone fire were charred beyong recognition.

 

Samples of all the deceased and their kin were collected for DNA analysis and sent for forensic examination to Gandhinagar.

 

As many as 25 bodies have so far been identified and handed over to relatives, officials said.