Indore: The owner of the hotel, which collapsed here last week killing 10 people, has been charged in connection with the incident, police said.
Shankar Paryani, 55, who is currently absconding, has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and attempt to commit culpable homicide under sections of the Indian Penal Code, an officer of the Choti Gwaltoli police station said.
He said that Mr Paryani was charged because he was running the 60-year-old hotel, situated near Sarvate bus stand, despite knowing that the three-storey structure was dilapidated and posed a risk to the lives of people.
The collapse killed ten people, including two women, and left two others injured.
Shankar Paryani, 55, who is currently absconding, has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and attempt to commit culpable homicide under sections of the Indian Penal Code, an officer of the Choti Gwaltoli police station said.
He said that Mr Paryani was charged because he was running the 60-year-old hotel, situated near Sarvate bus stand, despite knowing that the three-storey structure was dilapidated and posed a risk to the lives of people.
The collapse killed ten people, including two women, and left two others injured.
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