Chetan Patil, jo structural consultant ke naam se FIR mein shamil the, Maharashtra ke Sindhudurg district mein Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki moorti girne ke maamle mein, unhe Kolhapur se arrest kiya gaya hai, yeh police ne Friday ko bataya.
Kolhapur ke Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pandit ne kaha ki Patil ko Thursday raat ko late custody mein liya gaya aur Sindhudurg police ke hawale kar diya gaya further investigation ke liye.
Sindhudurg police ke hisaab se, Patil ko is maamle mein arrest kiya gaya hai.
Kolhapur ke rahne waale Patil ne Wednesday ko claim kiya tha ki wo is project ke structural consultant nahi the. Marathi news channel ABP Majha se baat karte waqt, Patil ne, jo FIR mein artist Jaydeep Apte ke saath naamit hain, kaha tha ki unhone platform ka design Indian Navy ko state’s Public Works Department (PWD) ke through submit kiya tha, lekin unka moorti se koi lena dena nahi tha.
“Ek Thane-based company ne statue se related kaam kiya tha. Mujhe sirf us platform par kaam karne ko kaha gaya tha jahan moorti ko erect kiya gaya tha,” Patil ne kaha.
Yeh 35-foot ki statue 17th-century ke Maratha warrior king ki hai, jo Prime Minister Narendra Modi ne Malvan tehsil ke Rajkot fort mein Navy Day (December 4) last year ko unveil ki thi, yeh statue Monday ko lagbhag 1 baje collapse ho gayi thi.
Is incident ne Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led state government ko embarrassment mein daal diya aur opposition parties se criticism aur protests ka samna karna pada.
Shinde ne kaha ki statue Indian Navy ke dwara design aur construct ki gayi thi.
