After a fire broke out in a shoe factory at Lawrence Road, in Delhi, Divisional Fire Officer A K Jaiswal said that all workers in the factory were evacuated and 19 fire tenders were pressed into service.
Chaudhary, a lawmaker from the Nepali Congress in the lower house of the Nepal Federal Parliament, is being investigated for allegedly privatizing land belonging to the Bansbari Shoe Factory, a government entity.
The fire brigade received information about the fire at around 2.30 am, after which 26 vehicles were sent to control the fire. The fire brigade brought the fire under control at around 6 a.m., said the police.