The bombay high court has granted bail to chetan Patil in the Chhatrapati shivaji Maharaj statue collapse case. chetan Patil was a consultant for building the statue. In august, the statue of Chhatrapati shivaji Maharaj collapsed at rajkot Fort in Malvan. After which there was a lot of uproar. chetan was arrested in the month of august itself. chetan has been granted bail on a bond of Rs 25,000. chetan Patil was arrested from Kolhapur on august 30. On august 26, a 35-feet high statue of the iconic maratha warrior collapsed in Sindhudurg district. About nine months before the incident, prime minister narendra Modi unveiled it on Navy Day.
The court granted bail to chetan Patil on this basis
A single bench of Justice AS Killor said on thursday that chetan Patil is not involved in the case as he was not appointed as the structural designer of the statue. chetan Patil had only submitted the structural stability report of the base of the statue, which was still intact after the statue fell. The court will hear the bail plea of another accused Jaydeep Apte, who was a sculptor and contractor, on november 25.
The statue fell in heavy monsoon rain and storm
The 35-foot statue of shivaji Maharaj collapsed in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. It was inaugurated by PM narendra Modi. After the incident, an FIR was lodged against the contractor and the owner of the construction company. After the statue collapsed, the ruling party came under the target of the opposition. This statue collapsed when there was heavy rain in Sindhudurg district in the month of August. The statue could not withstand the impact of the rain and collapsed.
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