A Vadodara court on Thursday sent Dipen and Dharmil Shah, two partners of Kotia Projects, to six-day Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody in connection to the January 18 Harni boat capsize incident in which 12 students and two teachers died. The two partners of Kotia Projects – the company that was given the contract by […]
Investigations into the Harni boat tragedy have revealed that the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) was kept in the dark about the sub-contracts done by Kotia Projects that was given the contract to operate the entertainment zone and boating facility at the lake. The accused, who are partners in Kotia Projects, didn't inform the civic body officially about these sub-contracts. It was all unauthorized as the company management had no right to give such sub-contracts without informing the VMC. The accused including Nilesh Jain of Dolphin Entertainment and Alpesh Bhatt of Tristar Enterprise are not revealing much about the contracts and their revenue sharing to the investigating officials. Bhatt has also been questioned about his expertise in running the boating facility as investigations revealed that no safety measurements were in place at the Harni Lake and even the staff hired to operate the boats neither had any license nor training. Twelve students and two teachers of the Ne
Vadodara Police Wednesday arrested Alpesh Bhatt, the contractor who supplied a boat that capsized in the Harni Lake killing 12 schoolchildren and two .