Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], The Mumbai Crime Branch has summoned Gajanan Bellale, the BMC chief of Ghatkopar East area, in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse in Maharashtra.
Seventeen people were killed and 74 injured in the incident that occurred on May 13 amid strong winds and heavy rain in Mumbai.
The crime branch has asked Bellale to appear today for questioning.
Earlier, on May 31, the Mumbai Sessions Court dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by Jhanvi Marathe, former director of Ego Media, in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse in Maharashtra.
Marathe, who has been declared an 'absconder' by the Mumbai Crime Branch, moved the court to seek relief from arrest in the hoarding collapse case. The Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police opposed the bail plea in court.
Officials told the court that the paperwork for the collapsed fence was done during Marathe's tenure (2020 to December 2023), before the current director, Bhavesh Bhide, took office.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Mumbai Crime Branch has so far recorded the statements of 20 people in connection with the case.
Earlier, the Mumbai Crime Branch made a second arrest in connection with the case. Manoj Ramkrishna Sanghu (47), who is in the list of approved engineers by BMC, was arrested for passing the structural stability certificate on April 24, 2023. Sanghu allegedly provided the structural stability certificate to EGO Media Private LTD for the fence collapsed.
Bhavesh Bhide, director of Ego Media, was arrested last week by the Mumbai Crime Branch from Udaipur in Rajasthan and brought to Mumbai. Officials added that police are investigating how Bhide was awarded the hoarding contract and how much he earned.
Mumbai Police registered a case under sections 304, 338, 337 and 34 of the IPC against Bhavesh Bhide and others at Pantnagar police station. Following the incident, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner stated that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had ordered all fences to be checked.
Seventeen people were killed and 74 injured in the incident that occurred on May 13 amid strong winds and heavy rain in Mumbai.
The crime branch has asked Bellale to appear today for questioning.
Earlier, on May 31, the Mumbai Sessions Court dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by Jhanvi Marathe, former director of Ego Media, in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse in Maharashtra.
Marathe, who has been declared an 'absconder' by the Mumbai Crime Branch, moved the court to seek relief from arrest in the hoarding collapse case. The Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police opposed the bail plea in court.
Officials told the court that the paperwork for the collapsed fence was done during Marathe's tenure (2020 to December 2023), before the current director, Bhavesh Bhide, took office.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Mumbai Crime Branch has so far recorded the statements of 20 people in connection with the case.
Earlier, the Mumbai Crime Branch made a second arrest in connection with the case. Manoj Ramkrishna Sanghu (47), who is in the list of approved engineers by BMC, was arrested for passing the structural stability certificate on April 24, 2023. Sanghu allegedly provided the structural stability certificate to EGO Media Private LTD for the fence collapsed.
Bhavesh Bhide, director of Ego Media, was arrested last week by the Mumbai Crime Branch from Udaipur in Rajasthan and brought to Mumbai. Officials added that police are investigating how Bhide was awarded the hoarding contract and how much he earned.
Mumbai Police registered a case under sections 304, 338, 337 and 34 of the IPC against Bhavesh Bhide and others at Pantnagar police station. Following the incident, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner stated that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had ordered all fences to be checked.
