Three persons were arrested on Monday morning in connection with the crematorium roof collapse case in Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar area. Ghaziabad Police also arrested contractor Ajay Tyagi.
Twenty-five people died and at least 15 were injured when the roof of a gallery at the crematorium collapsed on Sunday.
Iraj Raja, Superintendent of Police (Rural), said the Ghaziabad police had arrested the executive officer of the municipality, Niharika Singh, along with junior engineer Chandrapal and supervisor Ashish. He said, contractor Ajay Tyagi was absconding and police teams were conducting raids to nab him.
The officials were booked under relevant sections of IPC, including 304 for causing death by negligence on Sunday evening on the complaint of the son of a deceased.
Mr. Tyagi was given the contract to renovate the crematorium a year back for ₹55 lakh by the Muradnagar municipality through e-tender. The work on the gallery whose roof collapsed on Sunday was completed last month and was…