Sessions court rejects bail pleas of seven accused in Morbi bridge collapse case
A principal district and sessions court in Gujarat on Saturday rejected the bail applications of seven people accused in the Morbi bridge collapse, which killed 135 people in October 2022.
The bail pleas of two others—Prakash Parmar and Devang Parmar, proprietors of the Surendranagar-based subcontracting firm that had undertaken repairs of the bridge—will be heard on February 6. They moved their petitions on Friday. Devang Parmar’s confessional statement recorded before a magistrate forms part of the chargesheet submitted by the Morbi police on January 27.
The seven whose bail pleas were rejected by the court of principal sessions judge P C Joshi are Ajanta Manufacturing Private Limited (AMPL) managers Deepak Parekh and Dineshbhai Davem, ticket clerks Madevbhai Solanki and Mansukhbhai Topiya,
