The prosecution informed a court on November 1 that the contractors who worked on the suspension bridge repair in Morbi, Gujarat, lacked the necessary training to handle such tasks. The Morbi Bridge collapse claimed 135 lives on the evening of October 30.
The prosecution, citing a forensic investigation, said that although the bridge’s flooring was altered, its cable was left in place and was unable to support the weight of the new flooring. The magistrate’s court ordered the police to hold four of the arrested suspects, including two OREVA Group supervisors and two subcontractors who repaired the bridge, until November 5.
As the police did not request their custody, Chief Judicial Magistrate M J Khan remanded five additional arrested men,including security guards and ticket sales clerks,in judicial custody, according to prosecutor H S Panchal. Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) was used by the police to arrest nine people on October 31.
Dipak Parekh, Dinesh Dave, Prakash Parmar and Devang Parmar, employed by the OREVA Group as repair contractors, were the four people who were held in police custody. Panchal said the court, citing the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) findings, that forensic specialists thought the new flooring was to blame for the main cable of the bridge snapping.
“Though the FSL report was presented in a sealed cover, it was mentioned during the remand plea that cables of the bridge were not replaced during the renovation and only flooring was changed….. weight of the bridge increased due to the four-layered aluminium sheets for the flooring and the cable snapped due to that weight,” Panchal told reporters.
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Additionally, the court was informed that none of the mending contractors was “qualified” to complete the task.
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