Morbi: Gujarat police on Friday filed a chargesheet in the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy happened on 30 October where 134 persons lost their lives.
Jaysukh Patel, MD of Oreva group is included as the main accused in the charge sheet.
Ajanta Manufacturing Limited (Oreva Group) had secured the contract to renovate, repair and operate the British-era bridge on the Machchu river in Morbi in which 134 people were killed.
On Sunday, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Morbi, MJ Khan, issued an arrest warrant against Patel under section 70 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
Notably, Patel had moved to Morbi sessions court on 20 January for anticipatory bail in the case, while the hearing was adjourned till 1 February as the public prosecutor was not present.
Patel was not named as an accused in the FIR filed by the police in the case.
Nine persons, including four employees of Ajanta Manufacturing (Oreva Group), have been arrested so far in the case. They include two managers and an equal number of ticket booking clerks of the Oreva Group that was managing the British-era bridge.
As many as 134 persons lost their lives after a century-old suspension bridge fell into the Machchhu River of Morbi.
Gujarat High Court on 7 November took suo motu cognisance of the Morbi accident, issuing notices to officials, including those of the state Home department and seeking a report within a week.
The Supreme Court in November said the Morbi bridge collapse incident was an "enormous tragedy", as it asked the Gujarat High Court, which was already holding hearings in the matter suo motu, to hold periodical hearings. (with ANI inputs)
