The accused arrested for starting the fire at Garib Nagar in Bandra East last week is allegedly related to the accused involved in the Azad Maidan Riots of 2012, the police said.

The alleged arsonist, Shabbir Khan, 29, not only left the gas cylinder on but also poured kerosene on the roof of huts to intensify the fire. Interestingly, despite the scale of the fire, there were no casualties, raising the police's suspicions.