High Court grants bail to 3 accused in Rajkot game zone fire tragedy
During a brief hearing on Thursday, Justice M R Mengdey granted bail to former assistant town planners Rajesh Makwana and Gautam Joshi, and former assistant engineer in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s town planning department Jaideep Chaudhary.
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The Rajkot game zone fire had claimed 27 lives last year. FileThe Gujarat High Court on Thursday granted bail to three accused who were among the 15 people arrested in connection with the Rajkot game zone fire tragedy that claimed 27 lives last year.
During a brief hearing on Thursday, Justice M R Mengdey granted bail to former assistant town planners Rajesh Makwana and Gautam Joshi, and former assistant engineer in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s town planning department Jaideep Chaudhary.
The court, however, refused to grant bail to four other accused, including Rajkot’s former town planning officer M D Sagathia, chief fire officer I V Kher and co-owners of the fateful TRP Game Zone – Ashoksinh Jadeja and Kiritsinh Jadeja.A copy of the court’s order is awaited.
Twenty-seven people were killed in the massive fire that swept through TRP Game Zone in Nana-Mava locality of Rajkot city on May 25 last year.
Investigations had revealed that the game zone was running without any fire no objection certificate.
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