Within the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case, the fourth and final accused nonetheless in jail, was granted bail earlier this month by a periods courtroom. Janhavi Marathe, a former director of Ego Media Pvt Ltd, which put in the large hoarding, was granted bail on November 22.
The proprietor of the agency, Bhavesh Bhinde, was granted bail final month and two others had been launched in July. Bhinde additionally filed a discharge utility on November 22.
On Could 13, 17 individuals died and 80 had been injured because the hoarding collapsed. Bhinde in his discharge plea has claimed that he was made a scapegoat and was not in any method related to Ego Media when the hoarding was constructed. He claimed that he solely turned a director after Marathe resigned in December 2023, by when the hoarding had been put in.
He additional mentioned {that a} letter was issued by the Commissioner of Police, Railways on July 26, 2021, which mentioned that because the hoarding was to be put in on land belonging to the Indian Railways, the civic physique guidelines wouldn’t apply. Bhinde additionally mentioned that for the reason that incident occurred on a day when the town was hit with unseasonal rains and strange extreme winds with a velocity of 96 kmph, the hoarding collapsed due to it.
The police has opposed his plea stating that there’s ample proof for Bhinde to face trial.
