Absconding Accused in Ghatkopar Hoarding Collapse Incident Arrested From UP After 7 Months

Mumbai: In a contemporary replace within the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident, absconding businessman Arshad Khan has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh by the Mumbai Crime Department. Mumbai police stated he was produced in court docket and despatched to Crime Department custody.

As per the cops, Khan is accused of taking Rs 46 lakhs from Ego Media, the corporate that made the hoarding. Notably, 17 folks died and 64 folks have been injured when the hoarding fell in Ghatkopar, in Could this yr.

The hoarding had collapsed on a petroleum station in Chheda Nagar, Ghatkopar. It was later discovered that it was an unlawful construction weighing 250 tonnes. Measuring 120×120 sq ft, the hoarding exceeded the BMC’s permissible restrict of 40×40 sq ft. The incident triggered the tragic deaths of 17 folks.

In October this yr, a Mumbai court docket granted bail to Bhavesh Bhinde, the director of an promoting agency and the principle accused within the tragic hoarding collapse incident. His lawyer argued that the collapse was an “act of God” brought on by “sudden, uncommon wind pace” and that Bhinde had been unfairly focused as a result of “political vendetta.” The defence additionally said that Bhinde was not the agency’s director when the hoarding was initially put in.

Bhavesh Bhinde, the promoting agency’s director, has had a controversial background. In 2009, he ran as an Impartial candidate for the Mulund constituency within the state election. His affidavit revealed 23 instances filed in opposition to him, together with violations underneath the Mumbai Municipal Company Act and bounced cheque instances.