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PARAVOOR, India — Five people who fled after a weekend fire killed at least 110 people at an Indian temple where they are board members have surrendered to police to face prosecution, police said Tuesday.
Police officer Madhusudan said the five were taken into custody late Monday after a two-day hunt by police.
Police are investigating temple board members and associates of firework contractors for possible charges of attempted murder and culpable homicide, both punishable by life imprisonment, and illegally storing a cache of explosives.
Besides the deaths in the early Sunday blaze at the Hindu Puttingal Devi temple complex in the village of Parador in Kerala state, more than 380 people were injured.
