CSMT bridge collapse: Two civic engineers file bail pleas

Two BMC engineers, arrested in connection with last month's foot-over bridge (FOB) collapse here, have moved separate bail pleas before a Mumbai sessions court, claiming the case against them is "false and concocted".

The engineers, Anil Patil and S F Kakulte, were working with the bridges department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The duo was arrested days after the 40-year-old bridge, connecting the area near the Times of India building with the CSMT railway station in south Mumbai, collapsed on March 14, killing seven people.

Earlier, their bail pleas had been rejected by the Metropolitan Magistrate court.

In their fresh applications moved before additional sessions judge M S Azmi Monday, the accused claimed they have been "falsely implicated" in the case and have nothing to do with the said offence.

The allegation against them is "false and concocted" and there is nothing on record to involve them in the crime directly or indirectly, they said.

The accused claimed