Managing Director of Ajanta Manufacturing Private Limited (AMPL) of Oreva Group Jaysukh Patel, an accused in the Morbi bridge collapse case, was on Wednesday remanded to police custody until February 8 by a Morbi magisterial court. Police had sought his custody for 14 days.
Patel, who was listed as an absconding accused in the chargesheet filed by police in the case on January 27, surrendered before the court on January 31 and was arrested by the police following his surrender. Patel is facing charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The bridge collapse killed 135 people.
According ot special public prosecutor Sanjay Vora, it was argued that in December 2021, Patel had written to the Morbi municipality sounding an alarm that the bridge was in critical condition and needs immediate repair.
