<br/>In West Bengal, the caretaker of the 150-year- old heritage building on upscale Park Street and his assistant have been arrested on negligence and other charges. The toll in the fire that swept through Stephen Court on Tuesday has risen to 24 with the recovery of eight more bodies.<br/><br/>Kolkata Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty said an FIR was lodged by the fire brigade against caretaker Tarun Bagadia along with his assistant Ramshankar Singh, Mr Chakraborty said the fifth and sixth floors of the building where the fire broke out were constructed illegally. These were later regularised. <br/><br/>Of the 21 bodies identified, one is that of a child. Four bodies were charred beyond recognition and police said DNA will have to be conducted to establish their identity. At least five people jumped to their death.<br/><br/>Relatives of 20 missing persons carried photographs of their near and dear ones trying to trace them in the busy area. Preliminary investigations indicated that the fire could have broken out due to a short circuit in a lift between the fifth and sixth floors.<br/><br/>West Bengal government has announced two lakh rupees compensation to the families of each victim who died in the fire. The state Fire Services Minister, Pratim Chatterjee announced this in the state assembly. The House witnessed uproarious scenes yesterday following violent protests of opposition members for alleged failure of the government to control the fire and to rescue people from inside the building. The opposition Trinamool Congress, Congress and SUCI members staged a walk-out from the House demaned resignation of Fire Services Minister.