Police stated Bhinde is on the run.
New Delhi:
After the billboard erected by his firm fell through the storm in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar on Monday, killing 14 individuals and injuring a minimum of 74 others, a case has been filed in opposition to Bhavesh Bhinde for culpable murder not amounting to homicide. The proprietor of Ego Media, nevertheless, isn’t any stranger to police instances and has over 20 in opposition to him, together with one among rape.
Police officers stated Bhinde is on the run and his cellphone is switched off.
The promoting company proprietor had additionally contested the state election as an Unbiased candidate from the Mulund constituency in 2009 and, in his affidavit, he had stated that there are 23 instances registered in opposition to him below the Mumbai Municipal Company Act and the Negotiable Devices Act (for bounced cheques).
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In January this 12 months, a case of rape was registered in opposition to him on the Mulund Police Station and a chargesheet has additionally been filed.
Sources stated Bhinde had bagged a number of contracts from the Indian Railways and the Mumbai civic physique, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC), for erecting hoardings and banners through the years and has violated the principles of each organisations a number of instances. He and others in his firm are additionally named as accused in tree-poisoning and tree-cutting instances.
The hoarding which fell on the gas station in Ghatkopar on Monday was a 120X120-foot construction – so massive that it made it to the Limca Guide of Information – and the BMC has stated it doesn’t permit billboards over 40X40 ft in measurement.
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“We have now ordered motion in opposition to all unlawful hoardings within the metropolis. We’re beginning in the present day. A case has been filed on this case as no permission had been given for the hoarding. A criticism was additionally obtained that some timber had been lower so this hoarding could possibly be seen. We have now filed a case on this regard too,” BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani instructed reporters.
Whereas Bhinde’s company has claimed it had obtained permission from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Railways), BMC officers have stated a nod from the municipal company can also be mandatory for all billboards in areas below its jurisdiction.
BMC Extra Commissioner Sudhakar Shinde instructed NDTV, “The BMC has written to the authorities a number of instances and stated our permission isn’t being taken for erecting billboards. We have been instructed, citing numerous Acts, that our nod was not wanted. The matter is being heard by the Supreme Courtroom now. An inquiry will reveal the place the lapses occurred. The BMC’s present precedence is taking good care of the individuals who have been injured.”
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has introduced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the households of the individuals who have been killed within the tragedy and has additionally stated that the federal government will bear the price of remedy for individuals who have been injured.
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