Second arrest made in connection with foot overbridge collapse

An assistant engineer of Mumbai's civic body was arrested Monday in connection with last month's foot overbridge (FOB) collapse at CSMT station here that had left six persons dead, police said. This is the second arrest in the case.

Mumbai:In connection with last month's foot overbridge (FOB) collapse at CSMT station that had left six persons dead, an assistant engineer of Mumbai'scivicbody was arrested on April 1.

This is the second arrest in the case.

The accused, S F Kakulte, working with the bridges department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), was taken into custody after interrogation by theAzad Maidan police.

Mumbai Police spokesperson, DCP Manjunath Singe said that after his arrest further investigation is being done by the officers.

Kakultewas booked under IPC section 304A (causing death by negligence), another Official said.

The police had earlier arrested structural auditorNeeraj Kumar Desai who allegedly gave clearance for continued use of the ill-fated bridge after a structural audit.

Desai had been booked under Section 304-II of the Indian Penal Code (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

A preliminary report into the collapse submitted by the BMC had said the structural audit of the foot overbridge at CSMT railway station in South Mumbai was not carried out correctly.

It suggested major derelictions when the structural audit of the FOB was carried out on August 13, 2018.

Six people were killed and 31 others injured when the40-year-old FOB collapsed during evening rush hours on March 14.

The bridge linked the area near the Times of India building with the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus station.