A Morbi district court on Tuesday sent four of the nine accused in the bridge collapse case to police custody for interrogation while remaining five were sent to jail in judicial custody. They had been arrested on Monday for the bridge collapse that killed 135 persons on Sunday evening in one of the biggest recent tragedies in the state.
During their remand hearing, police and public prosecutor revealed in the court that the two arrested contractors, who were hired for repair work of the ill-fated bridge by Oreva company, were allegedly not “qualified engineers.”
It was argued that in the name of repair, only wooden flooring were replaced by aluminum sheets while the cables were not changed. It was said that the contractors didn’t even oil or grease the cable despite the fact that the bridge was renovated last in 2007.
