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Kolkata flyover disaster: Two KMDA engineers held

India Blooms News Service | | Jun 29, 2016, at 05:12 am

#Kolkata Flyover collapse #Vivekananda Flyover collapse #KMDA engineers #Kolkata Police

Kolkata, Jun 28 (IBNS): Two senior engineers of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Kolkata flyover collapse incident, officials said.

According to reports, KMDA (AD Sector)'s chief engineer Priyotosh Bhattacharya and executive engineer Santanu Mondal were booked in the evening for their direct involvement with the incident.

Earlier in the afternoon, Kolkata Police submitted a 2600-page charge sheet in connection with the accident before a city court, slapping unintentional murder charges on ten arrested official-engineers of construction company IVRCL.

They were charged under several IPC sections, including 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide), 427 (Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), in the charge sheet.

Meanwhile, the charge sheet mentioned that no suspect, involved in the case, was absconding.

On March 31, an under-construction portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkatas Girish Park area, killing at least 26 people and leaving many others injured.

As many as 10 senior officials and engineers of Hyderabad-based construction company IVRCL were arrested in connection with the case and they all are in judicial custody.

However, the arrested engineers of KMDA are likely to be produced to a local court on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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