Structural Consultant Arrested in Shivaji Statue Collapse Case
Named in the case's FIR, Patil had previously denied serving as the project's structural consultant. He asserted that the construction of the statue itself was left to a Thane-based business and that his only assignment was to work on the platform.
The statue's collapse set up a political firestorm in maharashtra, which is about to go to polls. The state administration established a technical committee to investigate the cause of the statue's toppling. The administration led by Eknath Shinde further said that the indian Navy was in charge of the project.
Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister, and other members of the ruling nationalist congress party (NCP) also held silent protests around maharashtra in response to the event.
Chief minister Eknath Shinde declared that he was prepared to place his head on the feet of the maratha warrior and offer a hundred times of apology for the statue's fall. In addition, he urged the opposing parties to refrain from "playing politics" on this issue.