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Court remands IVRCL employees to nine-day police remand

| | Apr 02, 2016, at 08:34 pm
Kolkata, Apr 2 (IBNS) A Kolkata court on Saturday remanded three arrested employees of IVRCL to nine days' police remand in connection with the case of Thursday's horrific flyover collapse, reports said.

IVRCL is the company building the flyover. The three employees were  arrested in the city late Friday evening.

The police have registered a case of murder and attempt to murder against IVRCL following the flyover collapse.

The construction company, under scrutiny over its track record and its debts, defended itself, hinting at several possibilities including a bomb blast.

"The glass was shattered. It could have been a blast," media reports, quoted Sheela Peddinti, legal adviser to IVRCL as saying.
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Rescuers worked through the night with cranes, electric saws and jackhammers to look for people trapped in the debris.

With the recovery of two more bodies, the toll in the disaster rose to 26 while more than 100 were injured. Seven of the injured are in hospital in critical condition.

More than 80 people were rescued. Rescuers now say there is now no possibility of finding any survivor.

 

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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