Rajkot market yard sacks fire case: GUJCOT official arrested, taken on 10 days remand

Rajkot:

Police today arrested the then General Manager (operation) of the Gujarat State Co-Operative Cotton Federation Limited – GUJCOT, Manoj Brahmbhatt in connection with the alleged conspiracy and March 13 fire in the old market yard here in which lacks of sacks meant for packing groundnut and other agri-produces were burnt.

Brahmbhatt was latter produced in a court here which allowed his 10 days police remand for further interrogation.

Commissioner of Police Manoj Agrawal said that it has come to fore during the investigation that there were many irregularities in the matter. The e-tendring norms were flouted for purchase of sacks from private party ignoring lowest bidder. It was showed that there were over 19.5 lakh sacks in the yard where fire took place but the FSL investigation revealed that the place can’t contain more than 15 lakh of sacks.
He said that the various other aspects of the incident of fire were under investigation.

Today a formal complaint was lodged in this connection under section 120-B, 284, 407, 409, 420, 435, 464, 468 of the IPC and section 4 of Damage to Public Property Act was lodged against Brahmbhatt, former Saurashtra manger of Gujcot and main culprit of groundnut soil mixing and other related cases Magan Zalawadia and employee of Rajkot yard Paresh Sankhawara (both already jailed) in B-division police station here.

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