New Delhi, May 17
The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested wanted man in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case, Bhavesh Bhinde after a long cat and mouse chase. The giant hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar killing 16 people and injuring several others during a dust storm.
Bhinde, director of M/s Ego Media Pvt. Ltd., the advertising agency which recently installed the billboard that crashed in suburban Ghatkopar.
Bhinde left home in a car with his driver and was since untraceable, leading the Mumbai police to launch a multi-state search for him. Eight teams of the Mumbai police were sent to various places to track him down.
The crime branch tracked him in Lonavala, Thane, and Ahmedabad before finally apprehending him in Udaipur. He was found hiding in a hotel under a fake name.
After his arrest, he was then taken to Ahmedabad and from there he was brought to Mumbai by flight.