Mumbai Police Crime Branch team brings Bhavesh Bhinde (in black cloth), an accused in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case, from Udaipur, at the Mumbai Airport on Thursday late night, May 16, 2024.  Photo | PTI
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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse accused brought to Mumbai, to be produced in court

Bhavesh Bhinde's company put up the giant billboard in Ghatkopar, whose collapse claimed 16 lives.

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MUMBAI: Bhavesh Bhinde, an advertising firm's director, whose company had put up the giant hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai, killing 16 people, was brought to the city early on Friday, a police official said.

Bhinde, director of M/s Ego Media Pvt. Ltd., the advertising agency which recently installed the billboard that crashed in suburban Ghatkopar on Monday evening, was apprehended from Udaipur in Rajasthan on Thursday, he said.

Bhinde was then taken to Ahmedabad and from there he was brought to Mumbai by flight, the official said.

The police team along with Bhinde arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport around 5 am and he was taken to a crime branch office, he said.

He will be produced before the court later in the day, he said.

After trailing Bhinde for three days, the city police nabbed him on Thursday from Udaipur, he said.

The 120 feet x 120 feet hoarding collapsed onto a nearby petrol pump in the Chhedanagar area in Ghatkopar during gusty winds and heavy unseasonal rains, killing 16 people and injuring 75 others.

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