As the special investigation team (SIT) was asked to submit a report in three days, senior IPS Subhash Trivedi and the chief secretary of the state IAS Raj Kumar, reached Gandhinagar from Rajkot with the report.

The SIT was formed in the wee hours of May 26, a day after the Rajkot fire incident that killed 28.

In the preliminary report submitted by the SIT, The SIT has recorded the statements of witnesses to the fire and has also collected evidence from the scene.

The report involved statements of officials of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) who were directly or indirectly connected to the incident, as per sources.

They also examined the permissions granted for the construction of the game zone, as well as the fire NOC, police permission, entertainment licence, and other relevant documents.

The SIT also prepared findings on people responsible for the tragedy’.

However, before the SIT submitted the report, the government suspended seven officials of RMC while the police commissioner, deputy police commissioner, and the municipal commissioner of Rajkot were also transferred, with their posting ‘on wait’.

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