Vasai landslide: 1 held, 4 booked for negligence in Mumbai
Singh, who had constructed the Mitwa chawl, has been booked under IPC section 304 and also Sections 52,53 and 54 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act (MRTP) Act.
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Mumbai, July 15: The crime branch arrested one person for negligence in connection with the Vasai landslide incident in which two people were reported dead while two others were severely injured. The team of Vasai Unit 02 (Crime Branch) under (Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar Police Commissionerate arrested Ajit Singh, owner of a realty company from Kandivali, Mumbai.
Singh, who had constructed the Mitwa chawl, has been booked under IPC section 304 and also Sections 52,53 and 54 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act (MRTP) Act, 1966 Kandivali area of Mumbai late last night.
The VVMC had registered two FIRs at Valiv police station against a total of 5 persons. In the second FIR, a case has been registered against Shailendra Nishad, Ratnesh Pandey, Anil Kumar Dubey and an unidentified real estate agent under the MRTP Act.
A landslide incident was reported in Vasai area of Palghar district on Wednesday following heavy rainfall which has been pounding several parts of the state.
A red alert issued by IMD is said to continue for several districts of Maharashtra, including Raigad, Palghar, Nashik, Pune, Satara, and Kolhapur. There is an Orange alert for rainfall today in Mumbai, Thane, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Nandurbar.
