Six people have been remanded in SIT custody until January 25 in relation to the boat capsize tragedy in Vadodara. The case is being prosecuted by Advocate Hitesh Gupta on behalf of Manish Patel, the husband of the deceased schoolteacher Falguni Patel. Read more about the ongoing investigation.
Investigation gathered pace with the Vadodara police arresting six out of the 18 people booked for the death of 12 schoolchildren and two teachers in a boat accident. Private firm partners are among those held. The incident has stirred anger and grief across the state.
The FIR in the boat capsize incident in Gujarat’s Vadodara that led to the deaths of 12 children and two teachers says the boat overturned after water seeped in from the front.
The Vadodara police on Friday formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the incident in which 18 people have been booked and three arrested so far. Police said they are looking for 15 partners of the private boating facility operator M/s Kotia Projects, who are among the 18 accused in the FIR
The SIT is on the lookout for the 15 partners of the company contracted by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation to operate Lake Zone, the boating facility where 12 students and two teachers died on Thursday.