Ahmedabad: Police on Friday filed a charge-sheet in the Morbi suspension bridge collapse incident that had occurred in Morbi town of Gujarat in October last year, in which 135 people were killed. Police named Jaysukh Patel, the managing director of Ajanta Manufacturing Private Limited (AMPL) of Oreva Group, as one of the 10 accused charged for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The charge-sheet, which runs into over 1,200 pages, was filed in the Morbi sessions court by Deputy Superintendent of Police P S Zala, who is the investigating officer of the case.
Patel continues to be at large
The nine accused are in judicial custody while Patel continues to be at large with a magisterial court issuing an arrest warrant against him on January 13. The police suspect that Patel has not left the country, according to a top police official involved in the probe.
A magistrate's court has already issued an arrest warrant against Jaysukh Patel in connection with the October 30, 2022 bridge collapse incident. His anticipatory bail plea will come up for hearing on February 1.
According to the probe team, Patel has been arraigned as an accused as all dealings and communications related to the bridge’s repair, operations and management were directly in his purview with the recovery of documents from Oreva’s premises in Morbi showing his signatures on all such documents.
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