Flyover Collapse: BJP, CPI(M) Go After TMC, Death Toll Now 26
Follow live updates of Day 3 after the flyover collapse in North Kolkata.
- Death toll in the Kolkata flyover collapse reaches 26, 80 wounded.
- Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited Kolkata flyover collapse.
- Three IVCRL employees arrested, six detained by police.
- Project was sub-contracted to a first timer and cousin of TMC leader: The Telegraph.
- NDRF personnel at work on day 3.
- BJP, CPI(M), Congress go after TMC for responsibility of flyover collapse.
One More IVRCL Official Detained
One more IVRCL official has been arrested from Mangalkot in Burdwan district.
Three Arrested IVRCL Officials Sent to Police Custody by City Civil Court
The three officials of IVRCL were remanded to police custody by the city civil court, on Saturday, a day after their arrest by Kolkata Police.
The three are Assistant General Manager Mallikaarjun, Assistant Manager Debjyoti Manjumdar and Structure Manager Pradip Kumar Saha.
They were arrested under IPC sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) and others.
Police had registered a case against the construction firm under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 407 (criminal breach of trust) of IPC and sealed its local office after the under-construction flyover collapsed in the city on March 31 leaving at least 26 dead.
BJP, CPI(M) Go After TMC
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu is going after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming a link between her party member and the construction company IVCRL, which built the now collapsed Vivekanand flyover.
Along with IVRCL, Rajat Baksi who owns Sandhyamani Projects was responsible for casting the part of the bridge that caved in on Wednesday, reports The Telegraph. Rajat is also a cousin of TMC leader Sanjay Baksi.
Also read: TMC Links in Kolkata Flyover Collapse Could Dent Mamata’s Image
Rahul Gandhi Takes a Dig at Mamata Banerjee
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing a rally in Kulti region of Asansol district in West Bengal.
Death Toll Rises
The death toll in the Kolkata flyover collapse has risen to 26 this morning, OP Sharma, Director General of National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) has said.
The rescue team is still at work.
Rahul Gandhi Visits Victims in Hospital
Rahul Gandhi is visiting the victims of the collapse in Kolkata Medical College.
Around 80 people have been wounded in the collapse. The rescue operations are still underway. On day 3, an NDRF personnel told The Indian Express that only a third of the entire collapse section was cleared.
Rahul Gandhi Visits Collapse Site
Vice-President of Congress party, Rahul Gandhi has reached the site of the Vivekanand flyover collapse in North Kolkata.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit the collapse site of Vivekanand flyover in North Kolkata, West Bengal on Saturday.
The death toll in the incident has reached 24 and left around 80 wounded.
Also read: Kolkata Flyover Collapse: 24 Dead, Five IVRCL Officials Detained
The flyover close to Ganesh Talkies in the crowded Girish Park region was under construction for over 5 years.
Three officials from the construction company responsible for the structure – Iragavarapu Venkata Reddy Construction Limited (IVCRL) – have been arrested while five have been detained by the police.
An FIR has been lodged against the Hyderabad-based company by the Kolkata police.
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