TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: The Crime Branch submitted a voluminous charge sheet to the Special Anti Corruption Court in Panjim on Friday, in the Ruby Residency building collapse case. The 2,600 page charge sheet, which includes statements of 185 witnesses, was however yet to be officially recorded by the court, owing to a long list of matters that its administrative section had to handle on Friday.
All the 11 accused, including eight senior government officials, one contractor and two builders have been charged under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 336 (endangering life or personal safety of others), 337 (causing hurt), 338 (causing grievous hurt), 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, sections 7 and 13 (1) (A) and (B) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and section 17 (A) of the Town and Country Planning Act.
A total of 31 labourers were killed and several injured when the under construction building crashed on the afternoon of January 4, 2014. The State filed a criminal case and nine persons named in the FIR were arrested during the course of the investigation. Two former directors of Bharat Developers and Realtors Pvt Ltd Pradip Singh Birring and Jagdeep Kumar Seghal, who were on the run for over a year, were arrested in Vashi (Mumbai) on January 16, this year.
Accused : Town and country planning draftsman Ramesh Naik. Additional Collector-I North Goa Deepak Desai. Deputy collector Prashant Shirodkar. Deputy collector Pradip Naik. Deputy town planner Prakash Bandodkar. Municipal engineer Ajay Desai. Former municipal engineer Ashank Manju Naik Gaunkar. Canacona municipal council engineer Suhas Fal Desai. Contractor Vishwas Desai. Former directors of Bharat Developers Pradip Singh Birring and Jagdeep Sehgal
