
Morbi: The Gujarat police registered an FIR last night against an unnamed private agency responsible for the maintenance and management of the bridge, popularly known as "jhulto pul". The FIR doesn't name the firm or its officials but states that the bridge collapsed either due to "lack of proper repair work, maintenance and management, some technical error and some other reasons.
"An FIR has been registered against the maintenance and management agencies of the bridge, under Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), and 114 (abettor present when offense is committed) of the India Penal Code," said Morbi B Division Police Inspector, Prakashbhai Dekavadiya.