Claim: Yogi government did not apprehend the contractor responsible for the 2018 Varanasi bridge collapse till date.
Fact-check: Accused of the 2018 Varanasi Bridge Collapse were arrested and the case is under trail - FACTLY
Verdict: on 15 may 2018, a portion of the under construction chaukaghat-lahartara flyover in varanasi collapsed. as per the update of the case provided by the police commissionerate varanasi on 28 july 2018, 8 men were arrested in relation the case including seven engineers of the up state bridge corporation and a contractor. this is also evident from the records available on the varanasi district court website. the case status records show that the accused have filed for a bail, which suggests the accused were arrested. further, a supreme court order related to another case involving upsbc mentioned that allahabad high court has stayed the case related to the varanasi bridge on 30 july 2019. all these establish that the accused in the bridge collapse case were arrested and are under trail. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2022-02-04T09:58:49