9 Arrested For Gujarat Tragedy, Including Staff Of Firm That Repaired Bridge
Morbi bridge collapse: The company's senior officials have been missing since the bridge tragedy, one of the worst the country has seen. A day after more than 130 people died in a bridge collapse in Gujarat's Morbi, nine people have been arrested. Among them are managers of Oreva, the company that renovated the bridge, ticket collectors, bridge repair contractors and three security guards whose job was to control the crowds. Gujarat-based Oreva has been accused of violating multiple safety rules, leading to the huge tragedy just four days after the bridge reopened to the public. But none of its top bosses have been arrested. "We won't let the guilty get away, we won't spare anyone," Morbi police chief Ashok Yadav said today. Soon after signing a 15-year deal with the Morbi civic body, Oreva, a watchmaker, allegedly outsourced the "technical aspect of the bridge renovation" to a smaller company with an unknown record, Devprakash Solutions. Oreva was