Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 8: A court in Gujarat’s Morbi on Wednesday sent Oreva Group Managing Director Jaysukh Patel, one of the prime accused in the Morbi bridge collapse case, to judicial custody after the end of his police remand.
Patel was produced before the magistrate on Wednesday after the completion of his police remand.
2022 Morbi bridge collapse | Accused, Oreva Group promoter Jaysukh Patel sent to jail. He was produced before Morbi Sessions court today at the end of his 7-day Police remand and was sent to jail after the Police didn't seek any further remand. #Gujarat
— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2023
Since the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to conduct an investigation into the case did not seek further remand, Magistrate Khan sent Patel in judicial custody.
On February 1, Morbi’s Chief Judicial Magistrate M J Khan remanded Patel to police custody for seven days by in the case of collapse of the suspension bridge here in October last year which claimed 135 lives.
Patel, whose company was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the bridge, surrendered before the court on January 31 after it issued an arrest warrant against him. He was later arrested by the police.
In all, the police have so far arrested 10 persons, including Patel, in connection with the incident. The others arrested in the case are two managers of the Oreva Group entity, two ticket-booking clerks, three security guards and two sub-contractors who were given the bridge repair work by the Oreva Group. All the 10 accused, have been charged under Indian Penal Code Sections 304, 308, 336, 337 and 338.
While the Morbi sessions court had denied bail to seven persons, the two sub-contractors – Prakash Parmar and Devang Prakash Parmar, approached the court for relief on Monday.
The court is likely to decide their fate on Thursday.
