Maintenance officials, contractors among nine held over Morbi bridge collapse: police

Nine people have been arrested in connection with the collapse of a suspension bridge that killed 133 people in Gujarat’s Morbi town on Sunday, police said Monday.

The arrested accused are two managers at the company responsible for the maintenance of the 19th-century bridge, two ticket clerks, two contractors responsible for the recent repair work and three security guards who were supposed to control the footfall on the bridge.

Addressing a press conference, Rajkot Range IG Ashok Kumar Yadav said, “Following Covd-19 tests, we have arrested nine”. Yadav identified some of them as Deepakbhai Navinchandra Parekh and Dineshbhai Mansukhbhai Dave, both managers at the Oreva company; Mansukhbhai Valjibhai Topiya and Madarbhai Lakhabhai Solanki, both ticket clerks.