‘Why was the machine on a lane and not in garage?’
Times of India | 4 October 2024
Kolkata: KMC has said that there was no reason for the three earth movers to be stationed at Dinesh Nagar in Bansdroni, where an accident involving one of them killed 14-year-old Soumya Sil on Wednesday.
The civic body has issued a show-cause notice to the construction firm engaged in a drainage upgrade project in Garia, Bansdroni and Kudghat, asking why the earth movers were stationed there.“These machines are supposed to be parked in the garage and not in a narrow neighbourhood road,” said a civic official. “We have also learnt it was not the regular driver at the wheel. If this is true, it is an act of criminal negligence, and not an accident, which claimed a young life.”
The total number of FIRs registered in the incident where cops were held hostage, and where alleged “outsiders” assaulted and molested locals, has gone up to five. So far, five persons have been arrested for assaulting cops. A sixth person has been detained. Two persons have been questioned for assault and molestation.