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 Digital Desk: Two management of the Oreva group and two representatives of the Surendranagar-based contractors, who were sublet the work by the Oreva company, were put into judicial prison by a magistrate's court in Morbi, Gujarat, on Saturday.

 

They were detained in connection with the tragic "Jhulto Pul" incident on the Machchhu River on October 30, which may have resulted in 135 fatalities. On November 1, the accused was given a five-day remand, which ended on Saturday.

 

The prosecution had asked for a further five days of detention and claimed that the Rajkot Collector's office had not yet provided the police with specific documents pertaining to a 2008 agreement between the Oreva-Ajanta group and the Morbi municipality. The bridge was governed by Rajkot in that year.

The arrangement called for turning over control of the suspension bridge to a private company.

 

About seven months ago, the bridge's operational use was discontinued. A private company, Oreva Group, was awarded the contract in March of this year to care for, run, and secure the bridge for the ensuing 15 years.

 

The company had also subcontracted the 230 m (754 ft) span over the Machchhu River erected during British occupation in the 19th century to Dhangadhra-based contractor Devprakash Solution.

 On October 26, the day of the Gujarati new year, Jaysukh Patel, the managing director of Oreva, inaugurated the bridge along with members of his family. The bridge had been renovated and was now open to the public.

 Patel also gave a press conference during which he claimed that the bridge was open to travellers. It collapsed four days later, killing 135 people.

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