The Police in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district have registered a case against the contractor and the structural consultant in connection with the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse incident, the officials said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

The 35-foot statue of the 17th century Maratha warrior king, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rajkot fort in Malvan tehsil of Sindhudurg on Navy Day (December 4) last year, collapsed around 1 pm on Monday.