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Kolkata flyover collapse: officials from building firm detained
Source: Associated Press
Kolkata flyover collapse: officials from building firm detained
Associated Press in Kolkata
Friday 1 April 2016 10.32 BST
Indian police have detained five officials from the construction company building the flyover in Kolkata that collapsed on Thursday, killing 23 people.
The five IVRCL Infrastructure officials are being questioned over possible culpable homicide, punishable with life imprisonment, and criminal breach of trust, which carries a prison sentence of up to seven years, police said. Police also sealed the Hyderabad-based company’s Kolkata office.
IVRCL signed a contract in 2007 to build the overpass, and was far behind schedule for the project’s completion.
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Associated Press in Kolkata
Friday 1 April 2016 10.32 BST
Indian police have detained five officials from the construction company building the flyover in Kolkata that collapsed on Thursday, killing 23 people.
The five IVRCL Infrastructure officials are being questioned over possible culpable homicide, punishable with life imprisonment, and criminal breach of trust, which carries a prison sentence of up to seven years, police said. Police also sealed the Hyderabad-based company’s Kolkata office.
IVRCL signed a contract in 2007 to build the overpass, and was far behind schedule for the project’s completion.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/01/kolkata-flyover-collapse-no-possibility-of-finding-more-survivors
