Harni lake tragedy

In the case of the Harni boat capsizing accident that killed 14 innocent lives, including 12 children on Jan 18, the Gujarat government has challenged the bails granted to 10 accused by a Vadodara court.

The Vadodara Trial Court had granted bail to the main accused Binit Kotiya and nine other accused including Gopal Shah, Alpesh Bhatt, Dipen Shah, Dharmil Shah, Dharmin Bathani, Vedprakash Yadav, Rashmikant Prajapati, Bhimsinh Yadav and Jatinkumar Doshi.

Last month, the Gujarat High Court granted conditional bail to four women accused in the case - Tejal Doshi, Neha Doshi, Vaishali Shah and Nutan Shah. 

The state government has filed a revision application in the high court challenging these bails.

Following the application, Justice Gita Gopi sent a notice to the accused, and scheduled the next hearing for June 24.

Notably, the high court had taken suo motu cognizance in the matter of the Vadodara Harni Lake accident and held that the municipal commissioner and other officials of Vadodara are responsible for the unfortunate accident.

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