AHMEDABAD: Santosh Charan, 55, of Kubernagar, father of Prem Charan who had died in a building collapse in Kubernagar on August 28 night, set himself ablaze at the building collapse site on Monday evening, at about 5.30pm. “Santosh Charan suffered burns and has been shifted to Civil Hospital for treatment,” said H B Patel, inspector of Sardarnagar police station.
Two workers, Vijay Charan and Kunal Udani had been rescued in the incident, but Prem Charan had died in the collapse of Prem Complex in August.
Police took until Monday, November 9, to register an FIR against Ghanshyam Sindhi, who had removed pillars of to widen floor space and thus weakened the structure, investigation had found.
Patel said in August, they had registered a case of accidental death at the time of the incident and Sindhi’s role was discovered in the investigation. “We have registered a case under Section 304 of IPC against Sindhi and held him,” Patel said.
Police officials said that on Monday they had called Sindhi to the police station and registered an FIR against him.
“At that time Santosh Charan also came there. There was a heated argument between Sindhi and Charan after which Charan went to the site of the building collapse and attempted suicide by pouring kerosene on his body and then setting himself on fire. However, local residents called up the 108 emergency service and got him shifted to Civil Hospital,” Patel said.
According to police sources, Vijay Charan who is the owner of the shop used to run a hosiery clothing business and had got an urgent order of about 500 pieces, for which three of them had been working overnight when the building collapsed.