22 , December , 2022
In a major development, the Gurgaon police has arrested Amit Austin, proprietor of Manish Switchgear and Construction in connection with the Chintels Paradiso building collapse that killed two people in February. Austin’s firm was involved in repair work and the arrest was made yesterday.
He was produced in a city court today. Earlier, police had given the proprietor’s name as Ajay Austin.
Two women were killed when the dining room floor of a sixth-floor apartment of Tower D at Chintels Paradiso in Sector 109 came down on February 10, triggering the collapse of roofs and floors directly under it, till the first floor.
Around a month ago, a magisterial inquiry had found retrofitting in flat D 603 as the key trigger for the collapse and held both Chintels India and Manish Switchgear and Construction responsible for the same.
Probing the matter based on the magisterial inquiry report, a special investigation team (SIT) led by ACP Manoj Kumar had called Amit Austin to join the investigation on Wednesday. He was arrested later.
(WITH INPUTS TAKEN FROM PTI)
