Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Two Final Shikha Inn Fire Victims Identified in Kolkata
A fire at the Shikha Inn in Kolkata killed nine people.
Two victims were not identified at first.
Police later helped identify Rabatee Sarkar and SM Alimuzzaman.
Both were from Bangladesh.
Sarkar had gone to Kolkata for breast cancer treatment.
Alimuzzaman was a fish trader staying at the hotel.
Seven people from Bangladesh and two people from India died.
Officials are now helping contact families and return the Bangladeshi victims’ bodies home.
Rabatee Sarkar and SM Alimuzzaman were the final two unidentified victims.
The identifications brought the total number of identified victims to nine.
Seven Bangladeshi nationals and two Indians died in the Shikha Inn fire.
Sarkar had traveled to Kolkata for breast cancer treatment with her children.
Bangladesh officials and police are arranging to repatriate the seven Bangladeshi victims’ bodies.
- Who
- Nine people died, including seven Bangladeshi nationals and two Indians; the final victims identified were Rabatee Sarkar and SM Alimuzzaman.
- What
- A fire at Shikha Inn killed nine people, and the identities of the last two unidentified victims were confirmed.
- When
- The fire occurred on Wednesday, and the final two identifications were made on Thursday.
- Where
- Shikha Inn on Free School Street in Kolkata, also referred to as Calcutta.
- Why
- Police and relatives identified the victims so their families could be contacted and the Bangladeshi victims’ bodies repatriated.
- Deaths
- Nine people were killed in the Shikha Inn fire.
- Victims identified
- All nine victims had been identified by Thursday.
- Bangladeshi victims
- Seven Bangladeshi nationals died.
- Indian victims
- The two Indian victims were Sandeep Kumar Paswan and Yog Narayan Aggarwal.
- Rabatee Sarkar
- Sarkar, 45, had traveled to Kolkata for breast cancer treatment.
- SM Alimuzzaman
- Alimuzzaman, 48, was a fish trader from Kaliganj in Bangladesh’s Satkhira district.
- Repatriation
- The Bangladesh deputy high commission and police are arranging to return the Bangladeshi victims’ bodies.