Shivaji Statue Collapse: Sculptor Jaydeep Apte Arrested From Maharashtra’s Thane
The Sindhudurg police have also issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Apte to prevent him from leaving the country through sea ports, airports and all other exit points, he said.
Mumbai: Jaydeep Apte, the sculptor and contractor behind the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue that collapsed at Maharashtra’s Rajkot fort last month, became arrested from Kalyan in Thane district on Wednesday night. In accordance with a senior official, the Police in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district had pressed more than seven teams to track down sculptor and contractor Jaydeep Apte. He in the same way added that the police have been attempting to search out 24-year-old Apte for the reason that day of the collapse on August 26, but he has remained untraceable.
The Sindhudurg police have also issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Apte to forestall him from leaving america through sea ports, airports and all other exit points, he said.
Teams of Sindhudurg police are attempting to locate for for him at places, including Mumbai, Thane, Sindhudurg and Kolhapur. Tons of the teams are the usage of technical lend a hand to apprehend the accused, the official said. A police team had visited Apte’s place of dwelling at Dudhnaka in Kalyan of Thane district, but it surely became locked, he said.
Apte had executed the contract to make the 35-foot statue of the Maratha warrior king that became unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the fort in Malvan tehsil on Navy Day, December four, last year.
After the statue collapsed, the Malvan police registered a case against Apte and structural consultant Chetan Patil for negligence and other offences. Patil became arrested from Kolhapur last week.
The collapse of the statue of the enduring founder of the Maratha state has triggered a massive political row earlier than assembly elections in Maharashtra.
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