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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse: Main accused claims arrest is illegal
Updated On: 18 July, 2024 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Main accused in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case cites weather data to argue that his arrest is illegal, as “he cannot be held responsible for act of God” for incident that killed 17 people
The site of the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse on May 16. Pic/Atul Kamble
The main accused in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case, Bhavesh Bhinde, has approached the Bombay High Court with a writ petition contending that his arrest is illegal. In his plea, the director of Ego Media Pvt Ltd sought to be released on bail and that the FIR against him be quashed, citing several grounds, one of which is that the May 13 incident—which resulted in 17 deaths and numerous injuries—was an act of God, and he could not be held responsible.
Bhinde referenced the Beaufort scale, an empirical measure that relates to wind speed, in his petition to support his claims. Bhinde’s petition states that the IMD issued an All India Weather Summary and Forecast bulletin on May 12 around 1.45 pm. “However, the same does not in any manner mention that dust storms with gusty winds were likely to take place in Mumbai. However, on May 13 around 4.15 pm, Mumbai witnessed dust storms with gusty winds ranging from 60 kmph to 96 kmph, which were extremely unusual, severe, unexpected and never experienced before,” the petition reads.
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