A structural engineer named in the case registered in connection with the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue at Fort Rajkot in Mahrashtra's Sindhudurg on Wednesday claimed that he was not the structural consultant for the project, news agency PTI reported.

Speaking to a Marathi news channel, Chetan Patil, who is named in the first information report (FIR) registered in connection with the case along with artist Jaydeep Apte, said that he had submitted the design of the platform to the Indian Navy through the Public Works Department (PWD), but had nothing to do with the construction of the statue itself.

"A Thane-based company did the statue-related work. I was just asked to work on the platform on which the statue was being constructed," said Patil.