Moshi Garbage Depot Tragedy: Project Head Arrested For Negligence After 9 Workers Killed; Safety Officer Also
Pimpri-Chinchwad Police arrested project head Ashok Gupta of Antony Lara Enviro Solutions Pvt Ltd for negligence in Moshi garbage depot collapse that killed nine workers.
Safety officer Vijay Sapkal has been booked; police will arrest him after his medical condition improves.
Gupta and Sapkal were booked under Section 105 of BNS for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and Section 125 for rash acts endangering life.
PCMC complaint stated the company failed to take safety measures despite knowing heavy rainfall posed a risk to the sanitary landfill.
Maharashtra government formed a high-level technical inquiry committee headed by Divisional Commissioner Sheetal Teli-Ugale including IIT Bombay experts.
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