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Chargesheets filed against
Ahmedabad builders

The Ahmedabad police, who had registered 60 cases of culpable homicide against builders, engineers and civic officials in connection with the collapse of nearly 75 multi-storeyed buildings in the January 26 earthquake, has filed chargesheets against seven of them in a local court.

Police had arrested 76 builders, engineers, architects and civic officials under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), section 420 (cheating) and section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

The accused were also booked for violating provisions of the Gujarat Flat Ownership Act, police said.

Those chargesheeted on Thursday include B M Oza (builder of Sundervan Apartments) and builders of Vidyalaxmi Apartment Bhadresh Maneklal Trivedi and Moolchand B Patel.

Others against whom chargesheets were filed are Jayesh Desai (structural engineer), senior town planner of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority M M Bhaumik, assistant town planner of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Jayantilal Sompura and V J Dhanani, an inspector in AMC's town development department.

PTI

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