GDA indicts 2 engineers for death of girl who fell into Indirapuram drain

Ghaziabad | Thursday | 15th November, 2018

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Verma has sent the report to the state government with a recommendation of ‘stringent’ action against the engineers Verma said, “The committee has held two GDA engineers responsible... Nine GDA engineers and officials were named in the related report. GHAZIABAD: The inquiry committee formed by Ghaziabad Development Authority vice-chairperson Kanchan Verma to probe the death of a nine-year-old girl after she fell into an open drain on Mohan Nagar Link Road in Indirapuram on October 19 has filed its report, indicting two GDA engineers. The route, on the main road near Ahimsa Khand 2, was dark and she slipped into a drain near Pinnacle Tower. GDA officials were allegedly late to provide a blueprint of the drain which delayed the rescue operations.An FIR has been registered against GDA by the family members of Priyanka.The authority is charged under Section 304(a) (causing death due to negligence) of IPC..