Morbi bridge collapse: Court refuses to extend police remand of 2 Oreva managers; 4 accused sent to judicial custody

Contesting the police’s demand for their further remand, two of the accused managers in the Morbi suspension bridge collapse case submitted before a magisterial court Saturday that the agreement between Oreva Group and the Morbi municipality had not stipulated any conditions with respect to reopening the bridge.

The court on Saturday refused to grant any further remand and sent all four accused – the two managers Deepak Parekh and Dinesh Mahasukhrai Dave, and two Surendranagar-based contractors – to judicial custody.

Defence lawyer Dharmendra Shukla from Ahmedabad, on behalf of the two accused, stated before the court of chief judicial magistrate M J Khan that the prosecution was resorting to “suppression of information”