Sessions Court rejects Sunil Shitap's bail plea

The Sessions Court on Monday rejected bail application filed by the prime accused in the Ghatkopar building collapse, Sunil Shitap. However, the reason for the application being rejected could not be confirmed as the detailed order copy is yet to be received by Shitap as well as the prosecution.

In his application plea, Shitap had claimed that the building was dilapidated and the BMC was to be blamed for not inspecting it even though more than 30 years had passed since it was constructed.

He had also claimed that he had not made any structural changes in the building as mentioned in the BMC's High Power Committee Report and charge-sheet filed by the police. The application, however, was opposed by the prosecutor and the intervener.

The intervener's application reply to the bail application said that the high power committee of BMC had arrived to a conclusion that the building collapsed after bearing the load of heavy beams and that the pillars were allegedly removed by Shitap in the ground floor rooms owned by him. The reply also mentioned that Shitap was known as a local goon in the area where the building collapsed and if he is granted bail, he would tamper with evidence.