Panvel Tehsildar Vijay Talekar informed that Rs. 5 lakh rupees each have been deposited in the accounts of the heirs of the 14 people who died of heatstroke during the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony at Kharghar.
Danve put up a few questions before the police commissioner and asked whether the organiser followed permission’s terms and condition strictly or not.
The PIL filed by advocate Shaila Kanthe, 45, through advocate Nitin Satpute, alleges that the tragedy occurred due to mismanagement and inaction by the Kharghar police, New Mumbai Commissioner of Police and the Director General of Police.
Sharad Pawar, who was speaking at a gathering of NCP workers from Mumbai and surrounding districts in suburban Ghatkopar, blamed the Eknah Shinde government of gross negligence in the organisation of the award ceremony on April 16 at Kharghar that led to death of 14 citizen.