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Police arrest official for abetting faulty construction Thursday, May 10, 2001

Ahmedabad: Police have arrested a municipal corporation official here on charges of abetting in the faulty construction of a building that collapsed in the January 26 earthquake, killing five persons.

Jayantilal Premshanker Sompura, an assistant town development officer with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), was charged Tuesday with culpable homicide for "facilitating" the faulty construction of the Vidyalaxmi Apartment blocks located in city's west zone.

According to police, Sompura, who was posted in the area between 1992-94, issued a building use certificate despite being aware about the fact that builders had not adhered to existing building by-laws.

Police, however, were unable to arrest Vallabhbhai J. Dhanani, another AMC official, as they could not find him at his residence.

The January 26 earthquake killed about 25,000 people in Gujarat, including more than 700 in Ahmedabad, the state's principal city.

 

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